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Title: Imperialism in Libya!


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Imperialism in Libya!
  • Jason
  • Matt
  • Megan

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Motivation for Imperialism
  • The Italians invaded Libya October 3, 1911,
    attacking Tripoli, a province in Libya.
  • They claimed to be liberating Libya from the
    Ottoman Empire.
  • Libya, consisted of two provinces under the
    Ottoman Empire Tripolitania and Cyrenaica.
  • The battle lasted from September 29, 1911 to
    October 18,1912

Italian Soldiers looking over dead Libyan
soldiers.
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How Did They Gain Control?
  • Despite the face that the Libyans were revolting
    against the Italians, the Ottoman Empire gave up
    Libya.
  • The Ottoman Sultan handed over Libya by signing
    the 1912 Treaty of Lausanne.
  • From 1912 to 1927, territory known as Italian
    North Africa. In 1927-1934, the territory was
    split into two colonies
  • Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania. They
    were run by Italian governors.

A Libyan fighter being arrested by fascists.
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The Extent of Their Control
  • In 1934, they adopted the name Libya.
  • During their control, Tripoli was under control
    by 1914, however two other regions (Cyrenaica and
    Fezzan) were home to rebellions led by the
    Senussis.
  • The Senussi (Sanussi) is a Muslim
    political-religious order in Libya and other
    places, founded in Mecca in 1837.

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The Positive Effects of Imperialism on Libyans
  • Improved infrastructure
  • Cultivated new farm lands from the deserts
  • 400 km of railroads
  • 4,000 km of new roads
  • Italy is now paying Libya 5 billion dollars for
    occupying the Libyans lands

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The Negative Effects of Imperialism on Libyans
  • Death of nearly half of all the Libyans
  • Forced to live in concentration camps
  • Italy ignored world war treaties while fighting
    for control over Libya

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Libya gains Independence
  • After Italy was defeated in World War II, Libya
    was taken by both Britain and France in 1943
  • Italy renounces its claim on Libya in 1947
  • Libyas goal was to become independent before the
    start of 1952
  • After 8 years of ruling from Britain and France,
    Libya declares its independence on December
    24th, 1951

Omar Mukhtar The leader of the rebels against
Italy until he was executed in 1931
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Libya Today
  • Today, Libya is has a jamahiriya government, or
    a republic ruled by the masses
  • The Libyan economy survives mostly on the export
    of oil which is one-fourth of its GDP (gross
    domestic product)
  • Libya offers free education to all citizens, many
    of which study at the high school level
  • The dominant religion in Libya in Islam with 97
    of citizens being Islamic

Benghazi Campus, the first university of Libya
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