Decolonization of Africa · TURNING POINT ·
Independence of Libya (1951)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Tripoli — the Kingdom of Libya”
24 Dec 1951 — The former Italian colony, its fate handed to the young United Nations, becomes the first African state to reach independence by international vote rather than by revolt.
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- Suez Crisis and North Africa (chapter 2 of Decolonization of Africa)
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- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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- Crusades
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