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Conflict Africa

Libyan Civil Wars

2011 CE – 2020 CE · 9 years

An uprising against Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 escalated into civil war, with NATO intervention leading to Gaddafi's overthrow and killing. Libya then collapsed into a second civil war between rival governments, flooding the Sahel with weapons and fuelling the migrant crisis.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Anti-Gaddafi rebels & NATO
  • Gaddafi regime, then rival governments

Key moments

Defining events in the Libyan Civil Wars.

  1. 2011 Battle of Misrata
  2. 2011 Fall of Tripoli
  3. 2011 Battle of Sirte & death of Gaddafi
  4. 2019–2020 Battle of Tripoli

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.

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Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

First Libyan Civil War

2011 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Central African Republic Civil War

2012 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2011 CE and 2020 CE.

2011 CE First Libyan Civil War 2012 CE Sahel Jihadist Insurgency 2012 CE Central African Republic Civil War 2012 CE Northern Mali Conflict (Tuareg Rebellion) 2013 CE South Sudanese Civil War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Hazrat Sultan Mosque Landmark 2012 CE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Nelson Mandela Figure · South Africa 1918 CE – 2013 CE Iraq War Conflict · Middle East 2003 CE – 2011 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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