page_title: Colonialism
section_title: Italian colonies and protectorates
hierarchical_section_title: Colonialism / List of colonies / Italian colonies and protectorates
caption_attribution_description: English: Italian Taube aircraft in action against Ottoman forces being forced to land and captured in Libya, 1912 Italiano: I pericoli dell'aviazione: il capitano Moizo durante un volo fra Tripoli e Zuara deve discendere per un guasto ed è fatto prigioniero.
context_page_description: Colonialism is the policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their religion, economics, and other cultural practices on indigenous peoples. The foreign administrators rule the territory in pursuit of their interests, seeking to benefit from the colonised region's people and resources.
  Colonialism is strongly associated with the European colonial period starting with the 15th century when some European states established colonising empires.
  At first, European colonising countries followed policies of mercantilism, aiming to strengthen the home-country economy, so agreements usually restricted the colonies to trading only with the metropole. By the mid-19th century, however, the British Empire gave up mercantilism and trade restrictions and adopted the principle of free trade, with few restrictions or tariffs. Christian missionaries were active in practically all of the European-controlled colonies because the metropoles were Christian.
context_section_description: Italian Aegean Islands
  Italian protectorate of Albania
  Italian governorate of Dalmatia
  Italian governorate of Montenegro
  Italian Concession of Tientsin
  Italian East Africa
  Italian Eritrea
  Italian Ethiopia
  Italian Somaliland
     -Italian Trans-Juba (briefly; annexed)
  Italian Libya
  Italian Tripolitania
  Italian Cyrenaica
caption: The Italian invasion of Libya during the Italo-Turkish War, 1911
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