Libya

Gaddafi

Libyan authoritarian leader

• revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
• Arab Spring2010s Middle Eastern revolutions
• civil warDomestic armed conflict
• NATOWestern defense organization

intervention · uprising · Benghazi · militias · ceasefire · Tripoli · rebels · no-fly zone

Tripoli

Libyan seat of government

• BenghaziLibyan coastal metropolis
• GaddafiLibyan authoritarian leader
• TobrukLibyan coastal city
• Green MountainVegetated summit or state

House of Representatives

Tripoli

Libyan seat of government

• BenghaziLibyan coastal metropolis
• TobrukLibyan coastal city
• Green MountainVegetated summit or state
• SaharaLargest hot desert

Mediterranean · coastline · Maghreb · North Africa · Sahel

Leptis Magna

• PhoeniciansAncient Levantine maritime civilization
• CarthaginiansAncient Tunisian civilization's people
• Greek coloniesOverseas Hellenic settlements
• Roman provinceConquered territory under imperial administration

Byzantine · Ptolemaic · Vandals · Berbers · Apollonia · amphitheater · mosaics · UNESCO

Leptis Magna

• Barbary CoastHistoric pirate-infested African shoreline
• Roman AfricaImperial provinces south of Mediterranean
• Greek coloniesOverseas Hellenic settlements

Sahara

Largest hot desert

• dunesWind-formed sand ridges
• sandFine rock particles
• oasisFertile desert spot
• aridDevoid of water

camel · Tuareg · caravan · nomad · sirocco · sandstorm · erg · reg

Arabic

Semitic language family member

• BerberNorth African ethnic group
• TuaregSaharan Berber ethnic group
• IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
• SunniIslam's largest branch adherent

couscous · mosques · Eid · Ramadan · henna · handicrafts · carpet weaving · dates

crude oil

Unrefined fossil fuel

• oil reservesRecoverable underground crude accumulations
• oil exportsCrude sold internationally
• oil fieldsAreas yielding crude petroleum
• oil embargoBan on petroleum exports

refinery · energy sector

petroleum

Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid

• OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition
• crudeUnpolished, raw state
• reservesResources held back
• NOCThree-letter organizational abbreviation

pipelines · tankers · exports · hydrocarbons · drilling · refineries · nationalization · petrodollars

fishing ports

Harbors for catching seafood

• coastal citiesSettlements on ocean edges
• sea tradeExchange via ships
• Mediterranean climateMild, seasonally dry weather type
• naval historyStudy of sea warfare

coastal plains · beach resorts · seafood · olive groves

indigenous traditions

Original inhabitants' cultural ways

sand dunes

Wind-sculpted sediment formations

• camel caravansGroups traveling by dromedary
• oasesWater sources in arid lands
• rock artImages on natural stone
• sandstormsWind-driven desert debris

date palms · arid landscape