Skip to content
Flag of Libya
Various The SVG code is valid. This vector image was created with a text editor. · Public domain
Polity Africa

Libya

Founded 1551 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Country in North Africa

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

Libya on Wikipedia.

How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Libya's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. Wikidata records more than one founding date; the earliest is shown. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 7 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1914 CE to 2026 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1914 CE 7 snapshots 2026 CE

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

See the whole view
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Flag of LibyaVarious The SVG code is valid. This vector image was created with a text editor. · Public domain
  • Robben IslandSouth African Tourism from South Africa · CC BY 2.0
  • Flag of AlgeriaOriginal: National Liberation Front of Algeria Vector: SKopp · Public domain
  • Thimlich OhingaWycondi · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of AngolaOriginal: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain
  • SofalaMallet · Public domain