Libya, a now independent country was once ruled by
Italy. Libya gained their independence from Italy in 1951.[1] It took Libya over 400
years to gain its’ independence after the rule of the Ottoman Empire and then
Italy. [2] The Ottoman Empire took
control of Tripoli first, then the rest of Libya. The years that followed were
ones of control being shared and fought over by Italy, Constantinople, and
Britain. Europeans were and are still now more interested in Libya. This is
most likely due to the location of Libya compared to Europe than to Asia.
As
previously discussed in other posts, Libya had a high amount of crude oil.
Libya had had a good relationship with United States through trade, up until
the 1980s. This relationship was ruined when Libya began to support Palestine’s
military. This all led to the United States bombing some of Libya. There were problems
between Libya and Chad, which led to issues between Libya and France, and more
issues with the United States. [3] With these disagreements
between Libya and other countries, it caused tensions and negatively affected
both countries. Libya lost some countries to trade with and the United States
were not able to trade with Libya and use their oil. When Libya was first being
established there was religious influence from European countries to their
north, that migrated, bringing the Muslim faith. This migration of Arabic faith
expanded the religion and caused it to spread to other African countries. As of
today, other countries are trying to help the Libyan people as much as
possible. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United
Kingdom and the United States of America are all trying to protect Libya’s
independence.[4]
While Libyan government may not be the best to deal with, these other countries
are still trying to help the people as much as possible.
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