M E STU 10 Lecture 1: Libya

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Middle Eastern Studies
• Course: M E STU 10
• Professor: Mahmood Monshipouri

Document Summary

Full (cid:374)a(cid:373)e: the great o(cid:272)ialist people"s li(cid:271)ya(cid:374) ara(cid:271) ja(cid:373)ahiriya. Area: 1. 77 million sq km; just over three times as big as france. Main exports: crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas. Life expectancy: 73 years men, 78 years women. 200 miles away from europe: a relatively short boat ride from the mediterranean. 2009: highest of per capita income of any african country. No one seems to be in control of the country. The country has dissolved into a series of city states, tribal and militia fiefdoms a kind of disorder that is easily exploited by isis. Migrants to europe from the libyan shore. Libya stretches along 1,770 km of coastline, with an essentially uninhabited hinterland. It is larger than germany, france, and the benelux countries combined. It has only two real urban centers: tripoli and benghazi, which are separated by 650 km of desert, roughly 404 miles.