libya

As the title indicates, could Chad possibly develop into a prosperous democracy, with the coup d'etat of 1990 being the POD? The main hurdles would probably be • The democratic backsliding from 2005 onwards, during the rule of Idriss Deby • The Chadian Civil War from 2005 • The ethnic distrust...

In from the late 70s to the late 80s there was conlifct in africa between Chad and Libya. In the end Libya lose but it was also known as the Toyota War. So let's say that the Soviets and the Eastern Bloc decide to give more weapons, supplies and even soldiers to help Gaddafi and defeat Chad...

The Karamanli of Libya were an interesting bunch to say the least. They arrived in Libya in 1711, their founder was a Janissary, and seized the governorship of Libya (then the Ottoman province of Tripolitania) and ruled it as a functionally independent state until the 1830s. Their last ruler...

France doesn't undergo the demographic collapse that occurred OTL throughout the 18th and early 19th century and as a result some of these extra people go on to settle and colonise North Africa. Furthermore, because France would have a far higher population proportional to the natives they are...

I'm wondering about the ramifications for World War I and beyond where the Ottoman Empire still lost The Italo-Turkish War between 1911-1912 and lost their territory in Libya but still managed to retain their holdings in the Dodecanese Islands. What are the effects of this on the Balkan War...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Libya (under the presidency of Muammar Qaddafi) sought to normalise relations with the US and the West. A big part of this project was disarmament. In the 1990s, during the early Clinton administration, Libya dismantled its nuclear weapons programme. In...

Sweat dripped down Captain Muammar’s brow, the heat of the August sun piercing his skin with vicious ferocity. Planning a revolution under a palm tree was hardly easy work. It did not help that there where eyes everywhere these days. The sharks had began to circle the Monarchy smelling blood...

During the Allied occupation of Libya after ww2 Osman Fuad who remained extremely popular with the Libyan populace was approached by some Libyan notables (like al-Sennusi) to become the King of Libya. Osman Fuad rejected the offer iotl and the crown went to Idris. But what if Osman Fuad had...

From 1711 to 1832, the Karamanli dynasty ruled the Ottoman province of Tripolitania. Is it possible for the dynasty to avoid being overthrown in 1832 and survive? Could Tripolitania become like Tunisia or Egypt; a protectorate of a European power with a hereditary monarchy?

On September 1st, 1979, Muammar Gaddafi led a coup against the King of Libya and overthrew him - and while there were some worries about internal resistance from the King or his son, his son ended up declaring support for the new government and renouncing his rights to the throne. It should be...

The Bronze Age collapse, while undoubtedly quite a dark era in terms of written source material, is not as mysterious as popular culture and the mass media makes it out to be. On one of the few written records that shed light on what happened, a monumental inscription of pharaoh Merneptah, known...

Established in the 19th century, the Senussi are/were a Sufi religious order which eventually formed the ruling dynasty in the Kingdom of Libya. In the first few decades of the 20th century, the order was governed by Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi: What if Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi accepts Atatürk's...

On April 15th, 1986, in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing, Reagan ordered airstrikes against Libya, for "supporting terrorism", in Operation El Dorado Canyon. Qaddafi was not injured, but an adopted daughter, Hana Gaddafi, was reported to have died, athough there are doubts...

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During World War I, the Senussi helped the Ottomans fight the British. I was wondering what the fate of Libya would be after a Central Power Victory. Kaiserreich turns it into a Client State.

Background: Tensions had been rising between the newly unified power of Italy, and the Sick man of Europe, the Ottoman empire. Libya, a Turkish position, lay in the sphere of influence of the Italians. The Ottomans African lands had been receding from the French, and British, till there was...

In 1969, a group of rebel military officers led by Muammar Gaddafi launched a coup d'état against King Idri. However, this obviously failed, the Free Officers Movement purge as the military loyal to the King fought back, and Gaddafi was executed. But if the coup was successful, what would become...

How would things be different if Gaddafi still ruled Libya up until this day?

BENGASI – The capital of both the Italian PROVINCE and CIRCANDARIO (section) of BENGASI. After TRIPOLI and TUNISI the third largest city in ITALIAN NORTH AFRICA. Its population is roughly fifty percent ITALIAN ARABS, the rest being Italian (including AEGEAN ITALIANS and MALTESE ITALIANS) or...

Ive always had a soft spot for the Normans, and norman Sicily in particular. One of the more interesting chapters in Sicilys history is the twenty odd year dominion over Tunis and Libya, the so called Norman Kingdom of Africa. In OTL these dominions were destroyed by the Almohads, who also...