These troops, returning home from a disastrous military expedition to Cyrene in Libya, suspected that they had been betrayed in order that Apries, the reigning king, might rule more absolutely by means of his Greek mercenaries ; many Egyptians fully sympathized with them.

The Atlanteans had conquered the parts of Libya within the Pillars of Hercules as far as Egypt and the European continent as far as Tyrrhenia, and subjected its people to slavery.

Herodotus ( Histories iv. 189 ) thought he had identified the source of the ægis in Libya, which was always a distant territory of ancient magic for the Greeks:

However, Goukouni ’ s January 1981 statement that Chad and Libya had agreed to work for the realization of complete unity between the two countries generated intense international pressure and Goukouni's subsequent call for the complete withdrawal of external forces.

In May 2001, there was an unsuccessful coup attempt by Kolingba and once again Patassé had to turn to friends abroad for support, this time Libya and DR Congo were helpful.

In antiquity, the Greek historian Herodotus mentioned that the world had been divided by unknown persons into three parts, Europe, Asia, and Libya ( Africa ), with the Nile and the River Phasis forming their boundaries — though he also states that some considered the River Don, rather than the Phasis, as the boundary between Europe and Asia.

Furthermore, he announced on 24 July 2007, that French and European representatives had obtained the extradition of the Bulgarian nurses detained in Libya to their country.

Instead, claiming that Italians were a superior race to African races and thereby had the right to colonize the " inferior " Africans, it sought to settle 10 to 15 million Italians in Libya.

The territory of modern Libya had separate histories until Roman times, as Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

By 64 BC, Julius Caesar's legions had established their occupation, and the Romans had thus unified all three regions of Libya ( Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and northern Fezzan ) in one single new province called Africa proconsularis ( later Cyrenaica was separated administratively ).

In 647 an army of 40, 000 Arabs, led by Abdullah ibn Saad had come to take Libya from the Byzantines and Berbers.

Previously, the USSR had sought a Mandate over Libya following the end of World War II.

Gaddafi stopped endorsing terrorist attacks on western countries, and while his behaviour remained extremely erratic, occasionally provoking international incidents such as the HIV trial in Libya and the Swiss-Libyan diplomatic crisis, Gaddafi managed to improve his image in the west and by the early 2000s had mostly benign relations with western democracies.

Noman Benotman, a former Mujahideen who knew Libi, told Newsweek that during a recent trip to Tripoli, he met with a senior Libyan government official who confirmed to him that Libi had been quietly returned to Libya and was still in prison there, but suffering from tuberculosis.

Al-Libi had been visited in April 2009 by a team from Human Rights Watch, who were reportedly " stunned " to discover al-Libi in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison during their fact-finding mission to Libya.

Worthington reported that former Guantanamo captive, United Kingdom resident, and fellow citizen of Libya Omar Deghayes was his link to a source within Libya who had spoken with al-Libi prior to his death.

On October 4, 2009 the Reuters reported that Ayman Al Zawahiri had asserted that Libya had

In March 1967 Orton and Halliwell had intended another extended holiday in Libya, but they returned home after one day because the only hotel accommodation they could find was a boat that had been converted into a hotel / nightclub.

Libya had seen fantastic growth rate, however these proved unsustainable in the face of global oil recession and international sanctions.

Libya has had no railway in operation since 1965, all previous narrow gauge lines having been dismantled.

The IISS also estimated that Libya had 500 mortars:

For most of its history, Libya has been subjected to varying degrees of foreign control, from Europe, Asia, and Africa.

After the Libyan civil war, the National Transitional Council ( NTC ) has been responsible for the transition of the administration of the governing of Libya.

After the fall of Gaddhafi, Libya has been faced with internal struggles.

Some of those recruited to the legion were said to have been forcibly impressed from among nationals of neighboring countries who migrated to Libya in search of work.

In the 2005-2009 period, Italy has been the first EU arms exporter towards Libya, with a total value of € 276. 7m, of which one third only in the last 2008 – 2009 years.

Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer, Megrahi dropped the appeal and on 20 August 2009, was granted compassionate release from jail and repatriated to Libya.

On 6 December a study was released showing that some children had been infected before the six arrived in Libya, but it was too late for inclusion as evidence.

This action was apparently taken in retaliation for Switzerland blacklisting 188 high-ranking officials from Libya, although there has been no official confirmation from Libya itself about why they have taken this action.

Algeria – Libya relations have generally been amicable.

Libya argued that the territory was inhabited by indigenous people who owed allegiance to the Senussi Order and subsequently to the Ottoman Empire, and that this title had been inherited by Libya.

The formal and final transfer of the Strip from Libya to Chad took place on 30 May, when the sides signed a joint declaration stating that the Libyan withdrawal had been effected.

In 1994, Tuareg, reputed to have been trained and armed by Libya, attacked Gao, which again led to major Malian Army reprisals and to the creation of the Ghanda Koi Songhai militia to combat the Tuareg.

Under protest from the PLO, Iraq, and Libya, who claimed that because Abu Daoud was traveling to a PLO comrade's funeral he should receive diplomatic immunity, the French government refused a West German extradition request on grounds that forms had not been filled in properly, and put him on a plane to Algeria before Germany could submit another request.

For example, the oases of Awjila, Ghadames and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times been vital to both North-South and East-West trade in the Sahara. The Huacachina oasis in Ica, Peru

In 1981, Somalia broke diplomatic relations with Libya, claiming that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi was supporting the SSDF and the nascent SNM, but relations were restored a few years later in 1985 and have since been good.

Diplomatic relations have been severed with several countries including: Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, United States, Belgium, Spain, and the Gulf States.

Its name is thought to come from the ancient Arabian town of Suluk, Libya, although in the modern era it has also been called the Gazelle Hound or Persian Greyhound.

In response to revolt in the Italian colony of Libya, Fascist Italy abandoned previous liberal-era colonial policy of cooperation with local leaders.

Italian authorities committed ethnic cleansing by forcibly expelling 100, 000 Bedouin Cyrenaicans, half the population of Cyrenaica in Libya, from their settlements that was slated to be given to Italian settlers.

The Axis, too, believed that the capture of Egypt was imminent ; Italian leader Benito Mussolini — sensing an historic moment — flew to Libya to prepare for his triumphal entry to Cairo.

The history of Libya comprises six distinct periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman era, the Islamic era, Ottoman rule, Italian rule, and the Modern era.

Territorial growth of Italian Libya: Territory ceded by Ottoman Empire 1912 ( dark-green ) but effectively Italy controlled only five ports ( black ), territories ceced by France and Britain 1919 and 1926 ( light-green ), territories ceced by France and Britain 1934 / 35 ( red )

The Italian rule in Libya started with the Italian conquest of coastal Tripolitania and Cyrenaica from the Ottomans in 1911.

The Kingdom of Italy at the 1919 Paris " Conference of Peace " received nothing from German colonies, but as a compensation Great Britain gave it the Oltre Giuba and France agreed to give some Saharan territories to the Italian Libya.

Probably the most important legacy of the Italian rule-according to historians like Chapin Metz-is the political creation of " Libya " with the unification of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan in 1934, done by Governor Italo Balbo.

He promoted a huge colonization of Italians in Libya: total native Italian population for Libya was 110, 575 out of a total population of 915, 440 in 1939

Meanwhile 150, 000 Italians settled in Libya between 1920 and 1940, greatly developing Italian Libya in all areas.

Instead, France agreed to give some Saharan territories to the Italian Libya, and the Oltre Giuba in Somalia was given to Italy by Great Britain.

After many discussions during the 1920s, in 1935 the Mussolini-Laval agreement was made and Italy received the Aouzou strip, which was united to the newly created Italian colony of Libya.

After a much-disputed truce on 3 January 1928, the Italian policy in Libya reached the level of full scale war, including deportation and concentration of the people of the Jebel Akhdar to deny the rebels the support of the local population.

By 1934, Libya was fully pacified and the new Italian governor Italo Balbo started a policy of integration between the Arabs and the Italians.

The governor Balbo ( after the creation of " Libya " in 1934, with the unification of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan in a single country ) developed Italian Libya from 1934 to 1940, creating a huge infrastructure ( from 4, 000 km of roads to 400 km of narrow gauge railways to new industries and to dozen of new agricultural villages ).

Total native Italian population for Libya was 110, 575 out of a total population of 915, 440 in 1940 ( General Staff War Office 1939, 165 / b ).

Governor Balbo promoted the construction of many new villages for many thousands of Italian colonists in the coastal areas of Italian Libya.

On 13 September 1940, Mussolini's highway was used for the invasion of Egypt by Italian forces stationed in Libya.