Libya “ A nation risen from the ashes.”
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Libya“A nation risen from the ashes.”
Matt Schmitt 1st period
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Map of Libya
•Libya is located in northern Africa, with Egypt to the East, Chad and Niger to the South, Tunisia and Algeria to the West, and the Mediterranean Sea to the North.
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Authority•Muammar Gaddafi gained rule of Libya in 1969
•August 23rd
2011 Gaddafi was forced out of all government positions
•On October 20th 2011, Libyan rebels captured, killed, and paraded his body ending the revolution
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Gaddafi’s Deathhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052178/GADDAFI-DEATH-VIDEO-Moment-Libyan-dictator-killed-bullet-head.html
YIKES!!!
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Libyan Rebels•Most of Libya’s population joined the revolution•All ages participated, including the youth•They were mainly Muslims•Both males and females were invovled
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Gaddafi’s Resistance • Gaddafi hired mercenaries to guard
him• They would kill anyone who resisted • He also surrounded himself with
civilians to prevent airstrikes from rebels and N.A.T.O
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Similarities of the Libyan and American
Revolutions• The colonists and the Libyan rebels
were both aided by foreign nations• Both the colonists and the rebels
over threw tyrannical leaders/ nations
• Both regimes wanted a new form of government
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DifferencesLibyan Revolt
• Civil War- fought against leader of same nation
• Wanted new leader• Fought for 8 months• Few major leaders
American Revolution• Revolution- fought
against mother land• Wanted
independence• Fought for 8 years• Many major leaders
(ex George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison)
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Libya’s Future?• Free to setup new government providing a
safer future• But they are very unorganized at the
moment, making a new government more difficult
• Foreign oil dependencies will help grow their economy
• Free of Gaddafi’s forces• Sadly they are under a military rule
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BibliographyWikipedia.orgDailymail.co.uk
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