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История на Либия Историята на Либия е понятие, включващо историята на различните народи, обитавали през годините границите на днешната суверенна държава Либия, и тази на коренното ѝ население — берберските племена. През по-голямата част от историята си, либийците са подложени в различна степен на чуждестранен контрол. Съвременната история на независима Либия започва през 1951 г. Историята на Либия се състои от шест отделни периода: Древна Либия, римска епоха, ислямска епоха, времето на османско владичество, като италианска колония и съвременна епоха. Съдържание - 1 Либия преди римляните - 2 Римска Либия - 3 Ислямски период - 4 Италианска власт - 5 Нeзависима Либия - 6 Бележки Либия преди римляните[редактиране | edit source] Преди новата ера, в крайбрежните равнини на Либия съществува неолитна култура, обща за цялото средиземно крайбрежие, която е опитомила добитък и отглежда земеделски култури. На юг, в това, което в днешни дни е пустинята Сахара, ловци-номади и пастири изминават големи разстояния в обширна, влажна савана, която изобилства от дивеч и осигурява пасища за добитъка им. Културата процъфтява, докато регионът започва да се обезводнява около 2000 г. пр.н.е. Отстъпвайки пред нарастващата пустиня и нападенията на конните народи, хората от саваната мигрират на югоизток към областите на Судан или са асимилирани от берберите.[1] От своя страна, произходът на берберите отчасти е загадка, чието изучаване е довело до изобилие от спекулации, но не и до отговор. Археологическите и лингвистичните доказателства сочат Югозападна Азия като мястото, от което, в началото на третото хилядолетие пр.н.е., предците на берберите са започнали миграцията си към Северна Африка. През следващите векове, те разширяват диапазона си на миграция от Египет до басейна на река Нигер. Хора от бялата раса, предимно от от средиземноморската езикова група, берберите представляват широк спектър от физически типове и говорят на разнообразие от взаимно неразбираеми диалекти, които принадлежат към афроазиатското езиково семейство. Те никога не развиват чувство за държавност и исторически се идентифицират в рамките на собственото си племе, клан или семейство. Заедно, берберите наричат себе си имазиген, което е в значение на „свободни хора“.[1] Надписи, намерени в Египет и датирани към периода на Старото царство (около 2700 — 2200 г. пр.н.е.) представляват най-ранните известни записани сведения за берберската миграция, а също и най-ранните писмени документи за историята на Либия. Най-малко, по времето на този период, предизвикващи неприятности берберски племена, едно от които е записано в египетски надпис като Леву (или „либийци“), извършват набези на изток към делтата на Нил и се опитват да се заселят там. По време на Средното царство (ок. 2200-1700 г. пр.н.е.), египетските фараони успяват да наложат властта си над тези източни бербери и получават данък от тях. Много бербери служат в армията на фараоните, като някои се издигат до важни позиции в египетската държава. Един такъв служител завзема властта в Египет около 950 г. пр.н.е. и управлява като фараон под името Шешонк I. За неговите наследници от XXII и XXIII династии, т.н. Либийски династии (около 945 — 730 г. пр.н.е.), също се смята, че са от берберски произход.[1] За древните гърци, Либия е един от трите известни континенти, заедно с Азия и Европа. В този смисъл, Либия е целия африкански континент на запад от долината на Нил и на юг от Египет. Херодот описва жителите на континента като два народа: либийците в Северна Африка и eтиопците на юг. Според него, Либия започва където завършва Египет, и се простира до нос Спартел, разположен южно от Танжер, на брега на Атлантическия океан. Както гърците, така и финикийците колонизират земите на Северна Африка, където се появява и развива пуническата цивилизация (макар, че главният град Картаген не е в днешна Либия, а в границите на съвременен Тунис). Приблизителните територии на днешна Северна Либия имат различно историческо развитие по времето на Римската империя, тъй като са разделени на две провинции - Триполи (западната част) и Киренайка (източната част). Преди да стане римска провинция, Киренайка е колонизирана първо от гърците. Тогава е известна също като Пентаполис („Петоградие“), като петте гръцки колонии са: Кирена (в близост до днешното село Шахат), пристанището му Аполония (дн. Марса Суса), Арсиноe (Токра), Береника (Бенгази) и Барка (Ел-Мардж). От името на най-старата и най-известна колония, плодородната крайбрежна равнина приема названието Киренайка. Римска Либия[редактиране | edit source] Римляните завладяват Триполитания (областта около Триполи) през 106 г. пр.н.е. Птолемей Апион, последният гръцки владетел, завещава Киренайка на Рим, който официално анексира областта в 74 пр.н.е. и я присъединява към Крит като римска провинция. До 64 г. пр.н.е. легионите на Юлий Цезар установявят властта си, и, по този начин, римляните обединяват трите региона на Либия — Триполитания, Киренайка и Северен Фезан, в една нова област, наречена Проконсулска Африка (Africa proconsularis), а по-късно Киренайка е отделена административно. Като римска провинция, Либия просперира, и достига своя златен век през 2 век, когато градът Лептис Магна конкурира Картаген и Александрия по известност. В продължение на повече от 400 години, Триполитания и Киренайка са сред най-богатите римски провинции и част от космополитна държава, чиито граждани споделят общ език, правна система и идентичност. Римските останки като тези в Лептис Магна, съществуващи в днешна Либия, свидетелстват за жизнеността на региона, където големите градове и дори по-малките населени места ползват удобствата на градския живот - форум, пазари, обществени развлечения, както и бани. Търговци и занаятчии от различни краища на римския свят се установяват в крайбрежната част Либия и, според германския историк Теодор Момзен, провинцията е силно романизирана. Характерът на градовете на Триполитания обаче остава частично пунически, а на тези в Киренайка — гръцки. Преобладаващата религия е християнството, като има и многобройна еврейска общност (най-вече в Киренайка). Триполитания е основен износител на зехтин, както и на център за керваните от злато и роби, превозвани до брега от гарамантите, докато в същото време Киренайка e важен източник на вина, лекове и коне. Като част от реорганизацията на империята през 300 г., император Диоклециан отделя управлението на провинция Крит от това на Киренайка, като във втората формира две нови провинции — Горна Либия и Долна Либия, използвайки терминът Либия за първи път в административно предназначение. С окончателното разделяне на империята през 395 г., Киренайка остава в Източната империя, а Триполитания е придадена към Западната Римска империя. Ислямски период[редактиране | edit source] Ранен период[редактиране | edit source] През 647 г., 40 000-на арабска армия, водена от Абдула ибн Саад, побратим на халифа Осман ибн Афан, нахлува в Либия, за да я отнеме от византийците. Триполи е превзет, а след него и Суфетула, град на около 200 km южно от Картаген, където е убит екзарх Григорий. Походът продължава петнадесет месеца, със завръщането на арабските войски в Египет, след като наследникът на Григорий, Генадий, им обещава годишен данък от 330 000 нумизми. В същото време, Генадий трябва да изпраща обичайните излишъци от приходите в Константинопол, макар като цяло да е оставен да управлява Северна Африка по своя преценка. Когато отказва да плати допълнителните суми, наложени от Константинопол, собствените му подчинени го свалят от властта. С избухването на въстанието, Генадий бяга в Дамаск, където иска помощ от Моавий. През 665 г., халифът изпраща Генадий обратно, заедно с многочислена войска, която трябва да разпространи исляма в Африка. Въпреки, че сваления екзарх умира в Александрия по време на похода, арабското нашествие продължава. Византийците изпращат подкрепления, под командването на Никифор Патриций, който обаче губи битката с арабите и натоварва войските обратно на корабите. Северна Африка е присъединена към Омаядския халифат, а през следващите години арабските управители Окба ибн Нафи и Абу Мухаир ал Динар допринасят много за приемането на исляма от по-голямата част от местното население. През 750 г., Абасидската династия сваля от власт Омаядския халифат и премества столицата в Багдад, запазвайки номиналната власт на емирите, от името на отдалечената централна власт, върху либийското крайбрежие. През 800 г., халифът Харун ал-Рашид назначава Ибрахим ибн ал-Ахлаб като управител на областта. Династията на Алабидите де факто става независима от халифите в Багдад, които запазват само духовната си власт. Алабидите възстановяват римските напоителни системи и провеждат редица мерки за благополучието на региона. Въпреки това, този просперитет е последван от икономически и политически колапс[2] и нашествие на хилалийците (бедуински племена,[3] пасториалисти от Горен Египет, които напускат изсушените пасища в горното течение на Нил и, напредвайки на запад в Либия, унищожават посевите и градините на местното население[4]) през 1050-1052 г. Ибн Халдун сравнява нахлуването с това на рояк скакалци.[5] Водещото племе на тези бедуини е Бану Хилал, откъдето идва и името на нашествениците.[3] Либия под османско управление[редактиране | edit source] Към началото на 16 век, върху либийското крайбрежие няма почти никаква централна власт и пристанищата ѝ се пръвръщат в рай за пиратите. Хабсбургска Испания завзема Триполи през 1510 г., но испанците са по-загрижени за контрола над пристанището, отколкото от възможните неудобства при управлението на една бъдеща колония. През 1538 г. Триполи е отнет обратно от пиратски крал на име Хаир Aд-Дин (познат повече като Барбароса, или Червената брада), и крайбрежието става известно като Берберския бряг. Когато турците завземат Триполи през 1551 г., те не виждат причини да ограничават пиратите, а предпочитат да се възползват от положението. Контролът на пиратите над района е отнет едва два века по-късно. В рамките на Османската империя, Магреба е разделен на три провинции - Алжир, Триполи и Тунис. След 1565 г., административен орган е пашата, назначаван от султана в Цариград. Султанът предава под контрола на пашата корпус от еничари, който на свой ред е разделен на отряди под командването на младши офицери или бейове. Еничарите бързо се превръщат в доминираща сила в Османска Либия. През 1711 г., кавалерийския офицер Ахмед Караманли завзема властта и основава династията Караманли, която просъсществува в продължение на 124 години, през които Либия преминава и през гражданска война (1791 — 1795 г.). През май 1801 г., паша Юсуф Караманли изисква от Съединените щати увеличаване на данъка (83 000 долара годишно), които те плащат от 1796 г. за защита на търговските си кораби от пиратите. Това искане е отказано, а Съединените щати изпращат военни кораби, които блокират Триполи, и последвалата война (известна като Първа берберска война) се проточва до 3 юни 1805 г. Втората берберска война от 1815 г. (известна също като Алжирска) е втората от двете в Северна Африка между Съединените американски щати и васалните на Османската империя Алжир, Триполи и Тунис, известни като Берберските държави. През 1814 г. правителството на султан Махмуд II се възползва от местните сътресения, за да затвърди пряката си власт над региона, която задържа до окончателното разпадане на Османската империя. Тъй като децентрализираната османска власт е довела до фактическа независимост на Египет, както и на Триполи, в разположената между тях пустиня и по крайбрежието настъпва анархия, дори и след предаването на прекия турски контрол на Триполи. В продължение на 75-годишен период, турците сменят 33-ма управители на областта (която остава номинално в границите на империята, въпреки че на моменти е почти автономна) — до 1911 г., когато Османската империя е силно отслабена и италианските войски нахлуват в Либия, започвайки и спечелвайки Италианско-турската война. Италианска власт[редактиране | edit source] Италианското управление на Либия започва със завладяването на крайбрежните Триполитания и Киренайка през 1911 г. То продължава повече от тридесет години, до февруари 1943 г., когато западната част на Триполитания е завладяна от Съюзниците, по време на Северноафриканската кампания. Официално Италия се отказва от Либия през 1947 г., в мирния договор след Втората световна война. Вероятно, най-важната последица от установяването на италианската власт, според историци като Шапен Мец, е политическото създаване на колонията Италианска Либия, чрез обединението на областите Триполитания, Киренайка и Фезан през 1934 г. Италианско-турска война и Италианска Либия[редактиране | edit source] Опитите за колонизиране на турските провинции Триполитания и Киренайка от страна на италианците никога не са напълно успешни, поне не и в началото. На 3 октомври 1911 г. италианците нападат Триполи, под претекст, че Либия трябва да бъде освободена от османското владичество. Въпреки голямото либийско въстание, през 1912 г., султанът отстъпва Либия на италианците с подписването на Договора от Лозана. След оттеглянето на османската армия, италианците лесно успяват да разширят окупацията на страната, завладявайки до 1913 г. Източна Триполитания[6], Гадамес, Джебел, както и Фезан с Мурзук.[7] Избухването на Първата световна война, породила необходимостта от завръщането на войските в Италия, заедно с обявяването на джихад от страна на турците, въстанието на либийците в Триполитания и Фезан и партизанската война, водена от сенусите в Киренайка,[8] принуждава италианците да се откажат от всички окупирани територии и да се укрепят в Триполи, Дарна и по крайбрежието на Киренайка.[7] Едва в края на 1920-те години италианците са в състояние да поемат контрола над цяла Либия. В същото време, между 1920 и 1940 г., около 150 хиляди италианци се заселват в колонията, значително помагайки във всички области от развитието ѝ. По време на Парижката мирна конференция, Кралство Италия не получава германски колонии или части от тях. Вместо това, Франция се съгласява да предаде някои свои територии на юг от Сахара към Либия, а Великобритания - провинция Джубаланд към Италианска Сомалия. След дълги дискусии през 1920-те, през 1935 г. е сключено споразумението Мусолини-Лавал, с което Италия получава ивицата Аузу, която е обединена с новосъздадената Италианска колония Либия. На 25 октомври 1920 г., италианското правителство признава шейх Сиди Идрис, наследствения водач на номадите сенуси, с големи правомощия в Куфра и други оазиси, като Емир на Киренайка — нова титла, въведена от британците в края на Първата световна война. Борбата на либийците се засилва след идването на власт в Италия на диктатора Бенито Мусолини. През 1922 г., Идрис (по-късно крал на Либия) бяга в Египет. От 1922 до 1928 г., италианските сили, под командването на генерал Бадолио, водят наказателна кампания по умиротворяването на страната. Наследникът на Бадолио, маршал Родолфо Грациани, приема възложената от от Мусолини задача, при условие, че му се разреши да да смаже либийската съпротива, без това да е обременено с ограниченията на италианското или международното право. Мусолини веднага се съгласява и Грациани засилва гнета над либийците. Някои от тях продължават да се защитават, като най-силна е съпротивата в Киренайка. В лидер на въстанието се превръща Омар Муктар, шейх на сенусите. След доста спорното временно примирие от 3 януари 1928 г., италианската политика в Либия достига нивото на пълномащабна война, включително депортирането и затварянето в лагери на хората от Джебел Акдар, за да се пресече подкрепата на местното население за бунтовниците. След залавянето на Муктар на 15 септември 1931 г. и екзекуцията му в Бенгази, съпротивата постепенно намалява. Ограниченият отпор на италианската окупация се концентрира около шейх Идрис, емира на Киренайка. Либия е напълно умиротворена и новият италиански управител, Итало Балбо, започва политика на интеграция между араби и италианци. В действителност, през 1939 г. са приети закони, които позволяват на мюсюлманите да се присъединяват към Националната фашистка партия (и по-специално към Мюсюлманската асоциация на ликторите (Associazione Musulmana del Littorio), като тези реформи позволяват създаването на либийски военни части в рамките на италианската армия.[9] В резултат на това, по време на Втората световна война има силна подкрепа за Италия от страна на много либийски мюсюлмани, които се записват в италианската армия.[10] В периода 1934-1940 г., губернаторът Балбо (след създаването на Либия през 1934 г., с обединението на Триполитания, Киренайка и Фезан в една страна) развива колонията, създавайки обширна инфраструктура (4 000 km пътища, 400 km железници със стеснено междурелсие, нови индустрии и десетина нови земеделски селища).[11] Либийската икономика преживява разцвет, предимно в селскостопанския сектор. Развиват се дори и някои производствени дейности, свързани най-вече с хранително-вкусовата промишленост. Увеличава се строителството. Освен това, италианците въвеждат модерни медицински грижи за първи път в историята на Либия, и подобряват санитарните условия в градовете. Хауърд Кристи пише: Италианците започнаха много на брой и разнообразни по начинание дейности в Триполитания и Киренайка. Сред тях са завод за експлозиви; жп работилници; цехове за части на ФИАТ; различни съоръжения за хранителната промишленост; електротехнически цехове; металургични фабрики; водни инсталации; фабрики за селскостопански машини; пивоварни; дестилационни фабрики; фабрики за бисквити; тютюнева фабрика; цехове за щавене, за хлебни изделия; варни, тухларски и циментови заводи; промишленост за еспарто, механични дъскорезници, и Петролибия (Trye 1998 г.). Италианските инвестиции в колонията ѝ са направени, с цел да се използват от новите заселници и да я направят по-самостоятелна. Местното италианско население възлиза на 110 575 от общо 915 440 души в Либия през 1940 година (General Staff War Office 1939, 165/b)..[12] Балбо насърчава изграждането на голям брой нови селища в крайбрежните райони на Италианска Либия,[13] предназначени за хилядите италиански заселници. Той дори спомага за създаването на нови селища и за арабите. На 13 септември 1940 г., магистралата на Мусолини е използвана за нападението на италианските сили в Либия над Египет. По време на Втората светойвна война, от 1940 до 1943 г. страната става арена на упорити сражения — контраатаките на британците и техните съюзници под командването на Арчибалд Уейвъл; успешната им двумесечна кампания в Тобрук, Бенгази и Ел Агейла; и контраофанзивите на Ромел. През ноември 1942 г. съюзническите сили си връщат Киренайка, а до февруари 1943 г. и последните немски и италиански войници са изгонени от Либия. След Втората световна война[редактиране | edit source] Непосредствено след края на войната, Триполитания и Киренайка остават под британска администрация, докато французите контролират Фезан. През 1944 г., Идрис се завръща от изгнание от Кайро, но отказва да поднови постоянното си пребиваване в Киренайка, до отстраняването на някои аспекти на чуждестранния контрол през 1947 г. Съгласно условията на мирния договор със Съюзниците от 1947 г., Италия, (която се надява да запази Триполитания) и Франция (която иска Фезан) се отказват от всякакви претенции към Либия. Така Либия остава териториално едно цяло. След освобождаването на Северна Африка от съюзническите войски, в Либия избухват силни антиеврейски настроения. От 5 до 7 ноември 1945 г., повече от 140 евреи (включително 36 деца) са убити, а стотици ранени при погром в Триполи. Разрушени са пет синагоги в столицата и четири в провинциалните градове, а само в Триполи са ограбени над 1000 еврейски жилища и търговски сгради.[14][15][16] През юни 1948 г., при нови антиеврейски размирици в Либия са убити други 12 евреи и унищожени 280 еврейски къщи.[15] Страхът и несигурността, породени от тези антиеврейски атаки и основаването на Израел, карат много евреи да напуснат Либия. От 1948 до 1951 г., 30 972 либийски евреи се преселват в новообразуваната юдейска държава.[17] До 1970-те години, останалата част от либийските евреи (около 7 000 души) са евакуирани в Италия. На 21 ноември 1949 г., Общото събрание на ООН приема резолюция, в която се посочва, че Либия трябва да получи независимост преди 1 януари 1952 г. Като представител на страната в по-късните преговори с ООН, присъства шейх Идрис. Преди това, след края на Втората световна война, СССР е поискал мандат над Либия.[18] Нeзависима Либия[редактиране | edit source] Кралство Либия[редактиране | edit source] Идрис ас Сенуси, емир на Триполитания и Киренайка и водач на сенуския орден на мюсюлманите-суфити, представя Либия в преговорите с ООН, и на 24 декември 1951 г. Либия обявява независимостта си, като представители на Киренайка, Триполитания и Фезан обявяват създаването на уния — страната е наречена Обединено кралство Либия, а короната е предложена на Идрис І. В съответствие с конституцията, новата държава има федерално правителство, а трите отделни области — Киренайка, Триполитания и Фезан, имат автономия. Кралството също така има три столици: Триполи, Бенгази и Ал Байда. Две години след обявяването на независимостта си, на 28 март 1953 г., Либия се присъединява към Арабската лига. Либия е първата страна, която постига независимост чрез ООН и една от първите бивши европейски колонии в Африка, които получават свобода. Кралство Либия е обявено за конституционна и наследствена монархия, а Идрис І — за крал. След обявяването на независимостта си, Либия е изправена пред редица проблеми. В страната няма колежи и само шестнайсет души са завършили висше учебно заведение. Също така в страната има само трима адвокати и нито един либийски лекар, инженер, геодезист или фармацевт. Изчислено е, че само 250 хиляди либийци са грамотни, а 5% от населението е сляпо, с наличието на широкоразпространени очни заболявания като трахома. В светлината на тези числа, Великобритания изпраща редица държавни служители като помощен персонал към правителството. През април 1955 г., започва търсене на петрол в кралството, като първите петролни полета са открити през 1959 г. Първият износ започва през 1963 г., а откриването на петрола спомага за трансформирането на либийската икономика, въпреки т.н. проклятие на ресурсите за Либия. Макар, че износът значително подобрява финансите на страната, в същото време се развива обществено недоволство, със съсредоточаването на все по-голяма част от богатството в ръцете на определени кръгове. На 25 април 1963 г., федералната система на управление е премахната и името на страната е променено на Кралство Либия, в отражение на конституционните промени. Както и с други африкански страни след обявяването им на независимост, останалите в Либия заселници (в случая основно италианци) заемат много от най-добрите работни места, притежават най-добрите земеделски земи и ръководят най-успешните сфери на дейност. Монархията е свалена на 1 септември 1969 г., когато група от офицери, начело с Муамар ал-Кадафи, организира държавен преврат срещу крал Идрис, докато е на медицинско лечение в Турция. Революционерите арестуват началник-щаба на армията и ръководителя на държавната сигурност в кралството. След получаването на вестта за преврата, крал Идрис го отхвърля като „маловажен“. След падането на монархията, страната е преименувана на Либийска арабска република. Престолонаследникът, Хасан ас Сенуси, е назначен за регент, след абдикацията и оттеглянето на Идрис в Турция. Под ръководството на Кадафи[редактиране | edit source] Въстанието от 2011 г.[редактиране | edit source] Бележки[редактиране | edit source] - ↑ а б в Nelson & Nyrop (1987). "Libya: Early History". - ↑ Morony, Michael G. (2003) Manufacturing and Labour Ashgate, Aldershot, Hant, England, p. 245, note 77, ISBN 0-86078-707-9 - ↑ а б Weiss, Bernard G. and Green, Arnold H.(1987) A Survey of Arab History American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, p. 129, ISBN 977-424-180-0 - ↑ Ballais, Jean-Louis (2000) "Chapter 7: Conquests and land degradation in the eastern Maghreb" p. 133 In Barker, Graeme and Gilbertson, David (2000) The Archaeology of Drylands: Living at the Margin Routledge, London, Volume 1, Part III — Sahara and Sahel, pp. 125-136, ISBN 978-0-415-23001-8 - ↑ Bovill, E. (1958) The Golden Trade of the Moors Oxford University Press, London, pp. 58-59 OCLC 9462004 - ↑ ((it)) Снимки и данни за италианското завладяване на Либия - ↑ а б Bertarelli (1929), p. 206. - ↑ Bertarelli (1929), p. 419. - ↑ Sarti, p196. - ↑ 30 000 Libyans fought for Italy in WWII - ↑ Chapter Libya (in Italian) - ↑ Economic development of Italian Libya - ↑ Photo of a new Village - ↑ Selent, pp. 20-21 - ↑ а б Shields, Jacqueline."Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries" in Jewish Virtual Library. - ↑ Stillman, 2003, p. 145. - ↑ History of the Jewish Community in Libya". Retrieved July 1, 2006 - ↑ Stalin: Court of the Red Czar, Simon S. Montefiore, 2003
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History of Libya The History of Libya includes the history of its rich mix of ethnic groups added to the indigenous Berber tribes. Berbers have been present throughout the entire history of the country. For most of its history, Libya has been subjected to varying degrees of foreign control, from Europe, Asia, and Africa. The modern history of independent Libya began in 1951. The history of Libya comprises six distinct periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman era, the Islamic era, Ottoman rule, Italian rule, and the Modern era. Contents Prehistoric and Berber Libya[edit] Tens of thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert, which now covers roughly 90% of Libya, was lush with green vegetation. It was home to lakes, forests, diverse wildlife and a temperate Mediterranean climate. Archaeological evidence indicates that the coastal plain of was inhabited by Neolithic peoples from as early as 8000 BC. These peoples were perhaps drawn by the climate, which enabled their culture to grow, subsisting on the domestication of cattle and the cultivation of crops.[1] Rock paintings and carvings at Wadi Mathendous and the mountainous region of Jebel Acacus are the best sources of information about prehistoric Libya, and the pastoralist culture that settled there. The paintings reveal that the Libyan Sahara contained rivers, grassy plateaus and an abundance of wildlife such as giraffes, elephants and crocodiles.[2] The onset of the 5.9 kiloyear event's intense aridification resulted in the "green Sahara" rapidly transforming into the Sahara Desert. Dispersal in Africa from the Atlantic coast to the Siwa Oasis in Egypt seems to have followed, due to climatic changes which caused increasing desertification. The Afro-Asiatic ancestors of the Berber people are assumed to have spread into the area by the Late Bronze Age. The earliest known name of such a tribe is that of the Garamantes, who were based in Germa. The Garamantes were a Saharan people of Berber origin who used an elaborate underground irrigation system; they were probably present as tribal people in the Fezzan by about 1000 BC, and were a local power in the Sahara between 500 BC and 500 AD. By the time of contact with the Phoenicians, the first of the Semitic civilizations to arrive in Libya from the East, the Lebu, Garamantes, Bebers and other tribes that lived in the Sahara were already well established.[citation needed] Phoenician and Greek Libya[edit] The Phoenicians were the first to establish trading posts in Libya, when the merchants of Tyre (in present-day Lebanon) developed commercial relations with the Berber tribes and made treaties with them to ensure their cooperation in the exploitation of raw materials.[3][4] By the 5th century BC, the greatest of the Phoenician colonies, Carthage, had extended its hegemony across much of North Africa, where a distinctive civilization, known as Punic, came into being. Punic settlements on the Libyan coast included Oea (later Tripoli), Libdah (later Leptis Magna) and Sabratha. These cities were in an area that was later called Tripolis, or "Three Cities", from which Libya's modern capital Tripoli takes its name. In 630 BC, the Ancient Greeks colonized Eastern Libya and founded the city of Cyrene.[5] Within 200 years, four more important Greek cities were established in the area that became known as Cyrenaica: Barce (later Marj); Euhesperides (later Berenice, present-day Benghazi); Taucheira (later Arsinoe, present-day Taucheria); Balagrae (later Bayda and Beda Littoria under Italian occupation, present-day Bayda); and Apollonia (later Susa), the port of Cyrene.[6] Together with Cyrene, they were known as the Pentapolis (Five Cities). Cyrene became one of the greatest intellectual and artistic centers of the Greek world, and was famous for its medical school, learned academies, and architecture. The Greeks of the Pentapolis resisted encroachments by the Ancient Egyptians from the East, as well as by the Carthaginians from the West, but in 525 BC the Persian army of Cambyses II overran Cyrenaica, which for the next two centuries remained under Persian or Egyptian rule. Alexander the Great was greeted by the Greeks when he entered Cyrenaica in 331 BC, and Eastern Libya again fell under the control of the Greeks, this time as part of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Later, a federation of the Pentapolis was formed that was customarily ruled by a king drawn from the Ptolemaic royal house. Roman Libya[edit] After the fall of Carthage the Romans did not occupy immediately Tripolitania (the region around Tripoli), but left it under control of the kings of Numidia, until the coastal cities asked and obtained its protection.[7] Ptolemy Apion, the last Greek ruler, bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome, which formally annexed the region in 74 BC and joined it to Crete as a Roman province. During the Roman civil wars Tripolitania (still not formally annexed) and Cyrenaica sustained Pompey and Marc Antony against respectively Caesar and Octavian.[7][8] The Romans completed the conquest of the region under Augustus, occupying northern Fezzan ("Fasania") with Cornelius Balbus Minor.[9] As part of the Africa Nova province, Tripolitania was prosperous,[7] and reached a golden age in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, when the city of Leptis Magna, home to the Severan dynasty, was at its height.[7] On the other side, Cyrenaica's first Christian communities were established by the time of the Emperor Claudius[8] but was heavily devastated during the Kitos War[10] and almost depopulated of Greeks and Jews alike,[11] and, although repopulated by Trajan with military colonies,[10] from then started its decadence.[8] Regardless, for more than 400 years Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were part of a cosmopolitan state whose citizens shared a common language, legal system, and Roman identity. Roman ruins like those of Leptis Magna and Sabratha, extant in present-day Libya, attest to the vitality of the region, where populous cities and even smaller towns enjoyed the amenities of urban life—the forum, markets, public entertainments, and baths—found in every corner of the Roman Empire. Merchants and artisans from many parts of the Roman world established themselves in North Africa, but the character of the cities of Tripolitania remained decidedly Punic and, in Cyrenaica, Greek. Tripolitania was a major exporter of olive oil,[12] as well as a center for the trade of ivory and wild animals[12] conveyed to the coast by the Garamantes, while Cyrenaica remained an important source of wines, drugs, and horses. The bulk of the population in the countryside consisted of Berber farmers, who in the west were thoroughly "romanized" in language and customs.[13] Until the 10th century the African Romance remained in use in some Tripolitanian areas, mainly near the Tunisian border.[14] The decline of the Roman Empire saw the classical cities fall into ruin, a process hastened by the Vandals' destructive sweep though North Africa in the 5th century. The region's prosperity had shrunk under Vandal domination, and the old Roman political and social order, disrupted by the Vandals, could not be restored. In outlying areas neglected by the Vandals, the inhabitants had sought the protection of tribal chieftains and, having grown accustomed to their autonomy, resisted re-assimilation into the imperial system.[citation needed] When the Empire returned (now as East Romans) as part of Justinian's reconquests of the 6th century, efforts were made to strengthen the old cities, but it was only a last gasp before they collapsed into disuse. Cyrenaica, which had remained an outpost of the Byzantine Empire during the Vandal period, also took on the characteristics of an armed camp. Unpopular Byzantine governors imposed burdensome taxation to meet military costs, while the towns and public services—including the water system—were left to decay. Byzantine rule in Africa did prolong the Roman ideal of imperial unity there for another century and a half however, and prevented the ascendancy of the Berber nomads in the coastal region. By the beginning of the 7th century, Byzantine control over the region was weak, Berber rebellions were becoming more frequent, and there was little to oppose Muslim invasion.[15] Islamic Libya[edit] Tenuous Byzantine control over Libya was restricted to a few poorly defended coastal strongholds, and as such, the Arab horsemen who first crossed into the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica in September 642 AD encountered little resistance. Under the command of 'Amr ibn al-'As, the armies of Islam conquered Cyrenaica, and renamed the Pentapolis, Barqa. They took also Tripoli, but after destroying the Roman walls of the city and getting a tribute they withdrew.[16] In 647 an army of 40,000 Arabs, led by Abdullah ibn Saad, the foster-brother of Caliph Uthman, penetrated deep into Western Libya and took Tripoli from the Byzantines definitively.[16] From Barqa, the Fezzan (Libya's Southern region) was conquered by Uqba ibn Nafi in 663 and Berber resistance was overcome. During the following centuries Libya came under the rule of several Islamic dynasties, under various levels of autonomy from Ummayad, Abbasid and Fatimid caliphates of the time. Arab rule was easily imposed in the coastal farming areas and on the towns, which prospered again under Arab patronage. Townsmen valued the security that permitted them to practice their commerce and trade in peace, while the Punicized farmers recognized their affinity with the Semitic Arabs to whom they looked to protect their lands.[citation needed] In Cyrenaica, Monophysite adherents of the Coptic Church had welcomed the Muslim Arabs as liberators from Byzantine oppression. The Berber tribes of the hinterland accepted Islam, however they resisted Arab political rule.[17] For the next several decades, Libya was under the purview of the Ummayad Caliph of Damascus until the Abbasids overthrew the Ummayads in 750, and Libya came under the rule of Baghdad. When Caliph Harun al-Rashid appointed Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab as his governor of Ifriqiya in 800, Libya enjoyed considerable local autonomy under the Aghlabid dynasty. The Aghlabids were amongst the most attentive Islamic rulers of Libya; they brought about a measure of order to the region, and restored Roman irrigation systems, which brought prosperity to the area from the agricultural surplus. By the end of the 9th century, the Shiite Fatimids controlled Western Libya from their capital in Mahdia, before they ruled the entire region from their new capital of Cairo in 972 and appointed Bologhine ibn Ziri as governor. During Fatimid rule, Tripoli thrived on the trade in slaves and gold brought from the Sudan and on the sale of wool, leather, and salt shipped from its docks to Italy in exchange for wood and iron goods. Ibn Ziri's Berber Zirid dynasty ultimately broke away from the Shiite Fatimids, and recognised the Sunni Abbasids of Baghdad as rightful Caliphs. In retaliation, the Fatimids brought about the migration of thousands from two troublesome Arab Bedouin tribes, the Banu Sulaym and Banu Hilal to North Africa. This act drastically altered the fabric of the Libyan countryside, and cemented the cultural and linguistic Arabisation of the region.[7] Ibn Khaldun noted that the lands ravaged by Banu Hilal invaders had become completely arid desert.[18] Zirid rule in Tripolitania was short-lived though, and already in 1001 the Berbers of the Banu Khazrun broke away. Tripolitania remained under their control until 1146, when the region was overtaken by the Normans of Sicily.[19] It was not until 1159 that the Moroccan Almohad leader Abd al-Mu'min reconquered Tripoli from European rule. For the next 50 years, Tripolitania was the scene of numerous battles between the Almohad rulers and insurgents of the Banu Ghaniya. Later, a general of the Almohads, Muhammad ibn Abu Hafs, ruled Libya from 1207 to 1221 before the later establishment of a Tunisian Hafsid dynasty[19] independent from the Almohads. The Hafsids ruled Tripolitania for nearly 300 years, and established significant trade with the city-states of Europe. Hafsid rulers also encouraged art, literature, architecture and scholarship. Ahmad Zarruq was one of the most famous Islamic scholars to settle in Libya, and did so during this time. By the 16th century however, the Hafsids became increasingly caught up in the power struggle between Spain and the Ottoman Empire. After a successful invasion of Tripoli by Habsburg Spain in 1510,[19] and its handover to the Knights of St. John, the Ottoman admiral Sinan Pasha finally took control of Libya in 1551.[19] Ottoman Libya[edit] After a successful invasion by the Habsburgs of Spain in the early 16th century, Charles V entrusted its defense to the Knights of St. John in Malta. Lured by the piracy that spread through the Maghreb coastline, adventurers such as Barbarossa and his successors consolidated Ottoman control in the central Maghreb. The Ottoman Turks conquered Tripoli in 1551 under the command of Sinan Pasha. In the next year his successor Turgut Reis was named the Bey of Tripoli and later Pasha of Tripoli in 1556. As Pasha, he adorned and built up Tripoli, making it one of the most impressive cities along the North African coast.[20] By 1565, administrative authority as regent in Tripoli was vested in a pasha appointed directly by the sultan in Constantinople. In the 1580s, the rulers of Fezzan gave their allegiance to the sultan, and although Ottoman authority was absent in Cyrenaica, a bey was stationed in Benghazi late in the next century to act as agent of the government in Tripoli.[8] In time, real power came to rest with the pasha’s corps of janissaries, a self-governing military guild, and in time the pasha’s role was reduced to that of ceremonial head of state.[19] Mutinies and coups were frequent, and in 1611 the deys staged a coup against the pasha, and Dey Sulayman Safar was appointed as head of government. For the next hundred years, a series of deys effectively ruled Tripolitania, some for only a few weeks, and at various times the dey was also pasha-regent. The regency governed by the dey was autonomous in internal affairs and, although dependent on the sultan for fresh recruits to the corps of janissaries, his government was left to pursue a virtually independent foreign policy as well. The two most important Deys were Mehmed Saqizli (r. 1631–49) and Osman Saqizli (r. 1649–72), both also Pasha, who ruled effectively the region.[21] The latter conquered also Cyrenaica.[21] Tripoli was the only city of size in Ottoman Libya (then known as Tripolitania Eyalet) at the end of the 17th century and had a population of about 30,000. The bulk of its residents were Moors, as city-dwelling Arabs were then known. Several hundred Turks and renegades formed a governing elite, a large portion of which were kouloughlis (lit. sons of servants—offspring of Turkish soldiers and Arab women); they identified with local interests and were respected by locals. Jews and Moriscos were active as merchants and craftsmen and a small number of European traders also frequented the city. European slaves and large numbers of enslaved blacks transported from Sudan were also a feature of everyday life in Tripoli. In 1551, Turgut Reis enslaved almost the entire population of the Maltese island of Gozo, some 6,300 people, sending them to Libya.[22] The most pronounced slavery activity involved the enslavement of black Africans who were brought via trans-Saharan trade routes. Even though the slave trade was officially abolished in Tripoli in 1853, in practice it continued until the 1890s.[23] Lacking direction from the Ottoman government, Tripoli lapsed into a period of military anarchy during which coup followed coup and few deys survived in office more than a year. One such coup was led by Turkish officer Ahmed Karamanli.[21] The Karamanlis ruled from 1711 until 1835 mainly in Tripolitania, but had influence in Cyrenaica and Fezzan as well by the mid 18th century. Ahmed was a Janissary and popular cavalry officer.[21] He murdered the Ottoman Dey of Tripolitania and seized the throne in 1711.[21] After persuading Sultan Ahmed III to recognize him as governor, Ahmed established himself as pasha and made his post hereditary. Though Tripolitania continued to pay nominal tribute to the Ottoman padishah, it otherwise acted as an independent kingdom. Ahmed greatly expanded his city's economy, particularly through the employment of corsairs (pirates) on crucial Mediterranean shipping routes; nations that wished to protect their ships from the corsairs were forced to pay tribute to the pasha. Ahmad's successors proved to be less capable than himself, however, the region's delicate balance of power allowed the Karamanli to survive several dynastic crises without invasion. The Libyan Civil War of 1791–1795 occurred in those years. In 1793, Turkish officer Ali Benghul deposed Hamet Karamanli and briefly restored Tripolitania to Ottoman rule. However, Hamet's brother Yusuf (r. 1795–1832) reestablished Tripolitania's independence. In the early 19th century war broke out between the United States and Tripolitania, and a series of battles ensued in what came to be known as the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War. By 1819, the various treaties of the Napoleonic Wars had forced the Barbary states to give up piracy almost entirely, and Tripolitania's economy began to crumble. As Yusuf weakened, factions sprung up around his three sons; though Yusuf abdicated in 1832 in favor of his son Ali II, civil war soon resulted. Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II sent in troops ostensibly to restore order, but instead deposed and exiled Ali II, marking the end of both the Karamanli dynasty and an independent Tripolitania.[24] Anyway, order was not recovered easily, and the revolt of the Libyan under Abd-El-Gelil and Gûma ben Khalifa lasted until the death of the latter in 1858.[24] The second period of direct Ottoman rule saw administrative changes, and what seemed as greater order in the governance of the three provinces of Libya. It would not be long before the Scramble for Africa and European colonial interests set their eyes on the marginal Turkish provinces of Libya. Reunification came about through the unlikely route of an invasion (Italo-Turkish War, 1911–1912) and occupation starting from 1911 when Italy simultaneously turned the three regions into colonies.[25] Italian Libya[edit] From 1912 to 1927, the territory of Libya was known as Italian North Africa. From 1927 to 1934, the territory was split into two colonies, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania, run by Italian governors. Some 150,000 Italians settled in Libya, constituting roughly 20% of the total population.[26] In 1934, Italy adopted the name "Libya" (used by the Greeks for all of North Africa, except Egypt) as the official name of the colony (made up of the three provinces of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan). Idris al-Mahdi as-Senussi (later King Idris I), Emir of Cyrenaica, led Libyan resistance to Italian occupation between the two world wars. Ilan Pappé estimates that between 1928 and 1932 the Italian military "killed half the Bedouin population (directly or through disease and starvation in camps)."[27] Italian historian Emilio Gentile sets to about 50,000 the number of victims of the repression.[28] From 1943 to 1951, Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were under British administration, while the French controlled Fezzan. In 1944, Idris returned from exile in Cairo but declined to resume permanent residence in Cyrenaica until the removal of some aspects of foreign control in 1947. Under the terms of the 1947 peace treaty with the Allies, Italy relinquished all claims to Libya.[29] Kingdom[edit] On 21 November 1949, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya should become independent before 1 January 1952. Idris represented Libya in the subsequent UN negotiations. On 24 December 1951, Libya declared its independence as the United Kingdom of Libya, a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris, Libya's only monarch. 1951 also saw the enactment of the first Libyan Constitution. The Libyan National Assembly drafted the Constitution and passed a resolution accepting it in a meeting held in the city of Benghazi on Sunday, 6th Muharram, Hegiras 1371: 7 October 1951. Mohamed Abulas’ad El-Alem, President of the National Assembly and the two Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly, Omar Faiek Shennib and Abu Baker Ahmed Abu Baker executed and submitted the Constitution to King Idris following which it was published in the Official Gazette of Libya.[30] The enactment of the Libyan Constitution was significant in that it was the first piece of legislation to formally entrench the rights of Libyan citizens following the post-war creation of the Libyan nation state. Following on from the intense UN debates during which Idris had argued that the creation of a single Libyan state would be of benefit to the regions of Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica, the Libyan government was keen to formulate a constitution which contained many of the entrenched rights common to European and North American nation states. Though not creating a secular state – Article 5 proclaims Islam the religion of the State – the Libyan Constitution did formally set out rights such as equality before the law as well as equal civil and political rights, equal opportunities, and an equal responsibility for public duties and obligations, "without distinction of religion, belief, race, language, wealth, kinship or political or social opinions" (Article 11). The discovery of significant oil reserves in 1959 and the subsequent income from petroleum sales enabled one of the world's poorest nations to establish an extremely wealthy state. Although oil drastically improved the Libyan government's finances, resentment among some factions began to build over the increased concentration of the nation's wealth in the hands of King Idris. This discontent mounted with the rise of Nasserism and Arab nationalism throughout North Africa and the Middle East, so while the continued presence of Americans, Italians and British in Libya aided in the increased levels of wealth and tourism following WWII, it was seen by some as a threat.[citation needed] During this period, Britain was involved in extensive engineering projects in Libya and was also the country's biggest supplier of arms. The United States also maintained the large Wheelus Air Base in Libya.[31] Arab Republic and Jamahiriya[edit] On 1 September 1969, a small group of military officers led by 27-year-old army officer Muammar Gaddafi staged a coup d'état against King Idris, launching the Libyan Revolution.[32] Gaddafi was referred to as the "Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution" in government statements and the official Libyan press.[33] On the birthday of Muhammad in 1973, Gaddafi delivered a "Five-Point Address". He announced the suspension of all existing laws and the implementation of Sharia. He said that the country would be purged of the "politically sick". A "people's militia" would "protect the revolution". There would be an administrative revolution, and a cultural revolution. Gaddafi set up an extensive surveillance system. 10 to 20 percent of Libyans worked in surveillance for the Revolutionary committees, which monitored place in government, in factories, and in the education sector.[34] Gaddafi executed dissidents publicly and the executions were often rebroadcast on state television channels.[34][35] Gaddafi employed his network of diplomats and recruits to assassinate dozens of critical refugees around the world. Amnesty International listed at least 25 assassinations between 1980 and 1987.[34][36] In 1977, Libya officially became the "Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya". Gaddafi officially passed power to the General People's Committees and henceforth claimed to be no more than a symbolic figurehead,[37] but domestic and international critics claimed the reforms gave him virtually unlimited power. Dissidents against the new system were not tolerated, with punitive actions including capital punishment authorized by Gaddafi himself.[38] The new "jamahiriya" governance structure he established was officially referred to as a form of direct democracy,[39] though the government refused to publish election results.[40] Later that same year, Libya and Egypt fought a four-day border war that came to be known as the Libyan-Egyptian War, both nations agreed to a ceasefire under the mediation of the Algerian president Houari Boumediène.[41] In February 1977, Libya began to provide military supplies to Goukouni Oueddei and the People's Armed Forces in Chad. The Chadian–Libyan conflict began in earnest when Libya's support of rebel forces in northern Chad escalated into an invasion. Hundreds of Libyans lost their lives in the war against Tanzania, when Gaddafi tried to save his friend Idi Amin. Gaddafi financed various other groups from anti-nuclear movements to Australian trade unions.[42] From 1977 onward, per capita income in the country rose to more than US $11,000, the fifth-highest in Africa,[43] while the Human Development Index became the highest in Africa and greater than that of Saudi Arabia.[44] This was achieved without borrowing any foreign loans, keeping Libya debt-free.[45] In addition, the country's literacy rate rose from 10% to 90%, life expectancy rose from 57 to 77 years, employment opportunities were established for migrant workers, and welfare systems were introduced that allowed access to free education, free healthcare, and financial assistance for housing. The Great Manmade River was also built to allow free access to fresh water across large parts of the country.[44] In addition, financial support was provided for university scholarships and employment programs.[46] Much of the country’s income from oil, which soared in the 1970s, was spent on arms purchases and on sponsoring dozens of paramilitaries and terrorist groups around the world.[47][48][49] An airstrike failed to kill Gaddafi in 1986. Libya was finally put under United Nations sanctions after the bombing of a commercial flight killed hundreds of travellers.[50] Gaddafi assumed the honorific title of "King of Kings of Africa" in 2008 as part of his campaign for a United States of Africa.[51] By the early 2010s, in addition to attempting to assume a leadership role in the African Union, Libya was also viewed as having formed closer ties with Italy, one of its former colonial rulers, than any other country in the European Union.[52] The eastern parts of the country have been "ruined" due to Gaddafi's economic theories, according to The Economist.[53][54] Uprising and civil war[edit] After popular movements overturned the rulers of Tunisia and Egypt, its immediate neighbors to the west and east, Libya experienced a full-scale revolt beginning on 17 February 2011.[55] By 20 February, the unrest had spread to Tripoli. In the early hours of 21 February 2011, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, oldest son of Muammar Gaddafi, spoke on Libyan television of his fears that the country would fragment and be replaced by "15 Islamic fundamentalist emirates" if the uprising engulfed the entire state. He admitted that "mistakes had been made" in quelling recent protests and announced plans for a constitutional convention, but warned that the country's economic wealth and recent prosperity was at risk and warned of "rivers of blood" if the protests continued.[56][57] On 27 February 2011, the National Transitional Council was established under the stewardship of Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Gaddafi's former justice minister, to administer the areas of Libya under rebel control. This marked the first serious effort to organize the broad-based opposition to the Gaddafi regime. While the council was based in Benghazi, it claimed Tripoli as its capital.[58] Hafiz Ghoga, a human rights lawyer, later assumed the role of spokesman for the council.[59] On 10 March 2011, France became the first state to officially recognise the council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.[60][61] By early March 2011, some parts of Libya had tipped out of Gaddafi's control, coming under the control of a coalition of opposition forces, including soldiers who decided to support the rebels. Eastern Libya, centred on the port city of Benghazi, was said to be firmly in the hands of the opposition, while Tripoli and its environs remained in dispute.[62][63][64] Pro-Gaddafi forces were able to respond militarily to rebel pushes in Western Libya and launched a counterattack along the coast toward Benghazi, the de facto centre of the uprising.[65] The town of Zawiya, 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Tripoli, was bombarded by air force planes and army tanks and seized by Jamahiriya troops, "exercising a level of brutality not yet seen in the conflict."[66] In several public appearances, Gaddafi threatened to destroy the protest movement,[67] and Al Jazeera and other agencies reported his government was arming pro-Gaddafi militiamen to kill protesters and defectors against the regime in Tripoli.[68] Organs of the United Nations, including United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon[69] and the United Nations Human Rights Council, condemned the crackdown as violating international law, with the latter body expelling Libya outright in an unprecedented action urged by Libya's own delegation to the UN.[70][71] The United States imposed economic sanctions against Libya,[72] followed shortly by Australia,[73] Canada[74] and the United Nations Security Council, which also voted to refer Gaddafi and other government officials to the International Criminal Court for investigation.[75][76] On 17 March 2011 the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973 with a 10–0 vote and five abstentions. The resolution sanctioned the establishment of a no-fly zone and the use of "all means necessary" to protect civilians within Libya.[77] Shortly afterwards, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa stated that "Libya has decided an immediate ceasefire and an immediate halt to all military operations".[78] On 19 March, the first Allied act to secure the no-fly zone began when French military jets entered Libyan airspace on a reconnaissance mission heralding attacks on enemy targets.[79] Allied military action to enforce the ceasefire commenced the same day when a French aircraft opened fire and destroyed a vehicle on the ground. French jets also destroyed five tanks belonging to the Gaddafi regime.[79] The United States and United Kingdom launched attacks on over 20 "integrated air defense systems" using more than 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles during operations Odyssey Dawn and Ellamy.[80] On 27 June 2011, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi, alleging that Gaddafi had been personally involved in planning and implementing "a policy of widespread and systematic attacks against civilians and demonstrators and dissidents".[81] By 22 August 2011, rebel fighters had entered Tripoli and occupied Green Square,[82] which they renamed to its original name, Martyrs' Square in honour of those killed during the Italian occupation. Meanwhile, Gaddafi asserted that he was still in Libya and would not concede power to the rebels.[82] On 16 September 2011, the U.N. General Assembly approved a request from the National Transitional Council to accredit envoys of the country’s interim controlling body as Tripoli’s sole representatives at the UN, effectively recognising the National Transitional Council as the legitimate holder of that country’s UN seat.[83] The National Transitional Council had been plagued by internal divisions during its tenure as Libya's interim governing authority. It postponed the formation of a caretaker, or "interim" government on several occasions during the period prior to the death of Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte on 20 October 2011.[84][85] Mustafa Abdul Jalil led the National Transitional Council and was generally considered to be the principal leadership figure. Mahmoud Jibril served as the NTC's de facto head of government from 5 March 2011 through the end of the war, but he announced he would resign after Libya was declared to have been "liberated" from Gaddafi's rule.[86] The "liberation" of Libya was celebrated on 23 October 2011, and Jibril announced that consultations were under way to form an interim government within one month, followed by elections for a constitutional assembly within eight months and parliamentary and presidential elections to be held within a year after that.[87] He stepped down as expected the same day and was succeeded by Ali Tarhouni.[88] At least 30,000 Libyans died in the civil war.[89] Transition[edit] After the Libyan civil war, the National Transitional Council (NTC) has been responsible for the transition of the administration of the governing of Libya. The "liberation" of Libya was celebrated on 23 October 2011. Then Jibril announced that consultations were under way to form an interim government within one month, followed by elections for a constitutional assembly within eight months and parliamentary and presidential elections to be held within a year after that. He stepped down as expected the same day and was succeeded by Ali Tarhouni. On 24 November, Tarhouni was replaced by Abdurrahim El-Keib. El-Keib formed a provisional government, filling it with independent or CNT politicians, including women. After the fall of Gaddhafi, Libya has been faced with internal struggles. A protest started against the new regime of NTC.[clarification needed] The loyalists of Gaddhafi rebelled and fought with the new Libyan army.[clarification needed] Because the Constitutional Declaration allowed a multi-party system, the political parties, like Democratic Party, Party of Reform and Development, National Gathering for Freedom, Justice and Development appeared. The Islamist movement started. For stop it, CNT government deny the parties based on religion, tribal and ethnic bases. On 7 July 2012, Libyans voted in their first parliamentary elections since the end of Gaddafi's rule. The election, in which more than 100 political parties registered, formed an interim 200-member national assembly. This will replace the unelected National Transitional Council,[90][91] name a prime minister, and form a committee to draft a constitution. The vote was postponed several times to resolve logistical and technical problems, and to give more time to register to vote, and to investigate candidates.[92] On 8 August 2012, the National Transitional Council officially handed power to the wholly elected General National Congress, which is tasked with the formation of an interim government and the drafting of a new Libyan Constitution to be approved in a general referendum.[93] On 25 August 2012, in what "appears to be the most blatant sectarian attack" since the end of the civil war, unnamed organized assailants bulldozed a Sufi mosque with graves, in broad daylight in the center of the Libyan capital Tripoli. It was the second such razing of a Sufi site in two days.[94] On 7 October 2012, Libya's Prime Minister-elect Mustafa A.G. Abushagur stepped down[95] after failing a second time to win parliamentary approval for a new cabinet.[96][97] On 14 October 2012, the General National Congress elected former GNC member and human rights lawyer Ali Zeidan as prime minister-designate.[98] Libyan Constitutional Assembly elections took place in Libya on 20 February 2014. Ali Zidan was ousted by the parliament committee and fled from Libya on 14 March 2014 after rogue oil tanker Morning Glory left the rebel port of Sidra, Libya with Libyan oil that had been confiscated by the rebels. Ali Zeidan had promised to stop the departure, but failed.[99][100] On 30 March 2014 General National Congress voted to replace itself with new House of Representatives.[101] Abdullah al-Thani served as the prime minister since 11 March 2014 in interim capacity. He resigned on 13 April 2014, after he and his family were victims of a "traitorous attack" but continued to remain prime minister since there was no replacement.[102]Ahmed Maiteeq was elected Prime Minister of Libya in May 2014 but his election as prime minister took place under disputed circumstances, Libyan Supreme Court ruled on 9 June that Maiteeq's appointment was illegal and Maiteeq resigned the same day.[103] As of 18 May 2014[update], the parliament building was reported to heve been stormed by troops loyal to General Khalifa Haftar,[104] reportedly including the Zintan Brigade,[105] in what the Libyan government described as an attempted coup.[106] House of Representatives elections were held in Libya on 25 June 2014. On 14 July, the United States Support Mission in Libya evacuated its staff after 13 people were killed in clashes in Tripoli and Benghazi. The fighting, between government forces and rival militia groups, also forced Tripoli International Airport to close. A militia, including members of the Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (LROR), tried to seize control of the airport from the Zintan militia, which has controlled it since Gaddafi was toppled. Both militias are believed to be on the official payroll.[107][108] In addition Misrata Airport was closed, due to its dependence on Tripoli International Airport for its operations. Government spokesman, Ahmed Lamine, stated that approximately 90% of the planes stationed at Tripoli International Airport were destroyed or made inoperable in the attack, and that the government may make an appeal for international forces to assist in reestablishing security.[109][110] See also[edit] - Arab Spring - History of North Africa - History of the Jews in Libya - List of heads of state of Libya - Military history of Libya - Politics of Libya - Timeline of Tripoli Notes[edit] - ^ Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, (1987), "Early History of Libya", U.S. Library of Congress. 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