Italy negatively affected Libya while in control of the territory. When the Ottomans took control of the territory, it was divided into three provinces: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan. Then the Italians reorganized their new colony in Libya with four provinces: Tripoli, Misratah, Benghazi and Darnah. Fezzan was renamed Southern Tripolitania and remained a military territory. Italy found a very complicated political situation in Libya with the exodus of the Ottomans. They had difficulty extending their authority beyond the coastal cities because Arab nationalism was a largely urban movement, the Bedouin tribes in the interior were passionate about Islam, and no one was subject to Italian rule. . During World War I, which followed the Italo-Turkish War of 1914, Italy began siding with the Central Powers, then switched to the Allies in 1915. Libyan nationalists were torn apart throughout the war. First World War because some favored the British and others favored the Allies. the Ottomans because they were Muslim like Libya. However, as Britain was Italy's ally, the pro-British people of Libya began to hate Britain for being an ally of their terrible colonial ruler. The result of this conflict was the First Italo-Sanusi War. This is part of World War I as it caused the Allies to deploy 110,000 British, French and Italian troops. 1 For Libya, the goal of the struggle against the colonial power was to defend Islam and the free life they had always enjoyed in their tribal territory.2 Members of the Sanusi tribe supported by the Ottomans rose up against the Italians in November 1915. Sanusi units effectively resisted the Italians. in Cyrenaica and Fezzan, but there was no group like the Sanusi in Tripolitania, and therefore, the Italians were more...... middle of paper ...... however, they were mainly intended to promote the colonization effort or to extract Libyan natural resources. Libyan Arabs did not benefit from Italian imperialism. Schools were built, but for Italian settlers, not Arabs. The brutal repression of the Libyan resistance and the forced seizure of Libyans' land to make way for Italian settlers was of course not publicized. Historical clothing for boys. Np, and Web. April 17, 2014. lh-ita.html>. ^ "Italian War Sanusi (Libya) 1914-1917." World Wars. Np, and Web. May 3, 2014. fitalosanusi1914.htm>. 5 Smitha, Frank E. “Africa and Imperialism.” Macrohistory and world chronology. Np, and Web. May 1 2014. .