1959
Commercial Oil Discovery
Major commercial oil discoveries begin transforming Libya's public finances and foreign relations.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Zelten in Libya. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Major commercial oil discoveries begin transforming Libya's public finances and foreign relations.
Provenance
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