1011+History+of+Libya

media type="custom" key="9169376" Libya has many different periods in its history. The different periods have different stories. Here are some of the different time periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman era, the Islamic era, Ottoman rule, Italian rule, and the Modern era. They all have different kinds of history in them. The modern period of history of independent Libya began in 1951. Libya's people speak many different languages including Arabic, English, and Italian. [1] The name "Libya" was adopted by Italy in 1934. Libya was an independent country until Qaddafi took over in 1969. [2] In 1951 Libya became its own country. It was called the [|United Kingdom of Libya]. [3]
 * History of Libya **

 When Libya became a country a king ruled. The king’s name was Idris. He was Libya's first and only king. He began in 1951 when Libya was first a country. It ended in 1969. Then the king left to go to turkey for treatment. While he was gone Gaddafi was planning to become the leader of Libya. So Gaddafi convinced the Army to arrest everyone in Libya and over throw the government. Then Libya’s army went and got king Idris and sent him to Egypt and went to court and after that he was sentenced to death. In 1983 he died at age 94. He was buried in Medina, Saudi Arabia. H e was born in Libya at AL-Jaghub. [4]
 * [|King Idris] **

[|Libya under Gaddafi]
Gaddafi has been in control of Libya for over 40 years! Gaddafi became the Leader on September 1 1969 after he threw out King Idris. In 1977 Gaddafi renamed the Libyan Arab Republic to [|Jamahiriya]. Gaddafi has been a dictator in power in 1980-2000. Gaddafi was afraid of the military because he was not sure if they were going to throw him out. In 1972 Gaddafi tried to get a bomb from China. In 1969 Gaddafi lead a campaign against Chad. [5]  media type="custom" key="9046768"

Modern Libya
Modern Libya is what Libya is now. [7] Gaddafi is in control of Libya. People are fighting with Gaddafi because he has been in power for over forty years. [5] They asked and said you should step down, but he refuses so the people of Libya are fighting. [6] Plus how would you feel if your leader was making horrible choices for your country?
 * References for my wiki page **
 * 1) //History of Libya //. 2 Apr. 2011. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. []
 * 2) "Libya, A History: The Country, The Food, The Dictator." //just food now//. 22 Mar. 2011. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. []
 * 3) "Libya." //infoplease//. infoplease, 2005. Web. 7 Apr. 2011. [].
 * 4) "Idris of Libya." //Idris of Libya//. wikispaces, 6 Apr. 2011. Web. 8 Apr. 2011. [].
 * 5) "History of Libya under Muammar al-Gaddafi." //History of Libya under Muammar al-Gaddafi//. wikipedia, 6 Apr. 2011. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. [].
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">"Muammar Gaddafi." //Muammar Gaddafi//. Jake Haytko, 18 Apr. 2011. Web. 18 Apr. 2011. http://mrsoskil.wikispaces.com/1011+Muammar+Gaddafi.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">//Definitions of modern//. Definitions.net, 18 Apr. 2011. Web. 18 Apr. 2011. [].