Libyan ports and their role in strengthening trade relations between European countries, Tripolitania, Central Africa, and Sudan, both in ancient and modern times.

The modern research dealt with the commercial activity of the city of Tripoli, both ancient and modern, and with the Libyan ports on the Mediterranean coast and their role in strengthening relations between peoples and African goods that are exported to European countries and the goods imported to them, as well as with the Libyan ports along the Libyan coast and their distinguished role in maritime commercial activity. The research also clarified the jihadist actions carried out by the fleet of the state and the European countries’ stance against this activity with all firmness through military naval blockades on Libyan ports, which caused maritime commercial activity to lose its first place and also caused the trade exchange operations between European countries and Central Africa to lose its strength. Consequently, the Libyan ports lost their prosperity in general, which negatively affected the state’s economy and the living conditions of the residents, as the research clarified the results we reached.