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==Immigration into Libya== | ==Immigration into Libya== | ||
<ref>"Libya", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *Libya was variously ruled by Carthaginians, Persians, Egyptians and Greeks before becoming a part of the '''Roman Empire'''. Libya was an early center of Christianity. | ||
*After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the area of Libya was mostly occupied by the '''Vandals''' until the 7th century when invasions brought '''Islam''' to the region. | |||
*In the 16th century, the '''Spanish Empire and the Knights of St John''' occupied '''Tripoli''' until '''Ottoman''' rule began in 1551. | |||
*Ottoman rule continued until the Italo-Turkish War which resulted in the '''Italian occupation of Libya''' and the establishment of two colonies, '''Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica''' (1911–1934), later unified in the '''Italian Libya''' colony from 1934 to 1947. | |||
*During the Second World War, Libya was an area of warfare in the North African Campaign. The '''Italian population then went into decline'''. | |||
*Libya became independent as a kingdom in 1951.<ref>"Libya", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya, accessed August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Libya== | ==Emigration From Libya== | ||
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | '''KNOMAD Statistics:''' | ||