// Modern era
Kingdom of Libya
- Period
- AD 1953 – AD 1968
- Duration
- approx. 15 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1956
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.6 million km²
Period and duration
Kingdom of Libya — according to the map data from AD 1953 to AD 1968, roughly 15 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Kingdom of Libya — greatest extent around AD 1956: the mapped borders then cover about 1.6 million km², roughly 1.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1952)
After
Neighbours around AD 1956
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- French Fourth Republic
- French Africa
- United States of America
- British Empire
- British Africa
- Republic of Sudan
- Estado Novo
- British Colonial Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1956 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kingdom of Libya on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.