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Asseb
In 1869 Italy bought land in Asseb under the pretext of land needed for a trading company from the governors of the region. Sultan Ibrahim and Sultan Hassen, and after 13 years Italy declared Asseb as its official colony. Starting from the early settlement of Italians in Asseb, the people of Denkalia knew that Italy had the ulterior motive to colonize the whole country. The Asseb people were opposing the presence of Italians in the region -
Tunisia
Italy wanted to colonize Tunisia, to start the creation of a strong overseas allie. Since Italians had been living there previously it was a logical choice to begin the race for their share of Africa there. This made it an easy decision for Italian leaders to begin their policy of imperialism with Tunisia. -
Scramble for African
1886 marked the Italians entrance into the 'Scramble for Africa' of the late Imperial era. By annexing the port city of Massawa in the modern day Republic of Eriteria which sits on the top of the Horn of Africa. -
Somalia
At 1889, Italy first decides to conquer Somaliland along with the rest of north africa. -
Outter Massawa
Depretis's successor, Francesco Crispi signed the Treaty of Wuchale in 1889 with Menelik II, the new emperor, which ceded Ethiopian territory around Massawa to Italy to form the colony of Eritrea, and—at least, according to the Italian version of the treaty—made Ethiopia an Italian protectorate. -
Ethiopians defeat the invading Italians at the Battle of Adwa
Menelik II of Ethiopia built up his army and got modern weapons, so they could defend themselves against European invasion.He discovered that the treaty he had signed with Italy was giving away a small portion of Ethiopoa to Italy. Menelik declared war and his army defeated the Italians. -
Germany's Land
In 1915, Italy agreed to enter World War I on the side of Britain and France, and in return was guaranteed territory at the Treaty of London (1915), both in Europe and, should Britain and France gain Germany's African possessions, in Africa. However, at the concluding Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Italy received far less in Europe than had been promised, and none at all overseas. -
The Jubalands
In April 1920, it was agreed between the British and Italian foreign ministers that Jubaland would be Italy's compensation, but Britain held back on the deal for several years, aiming to use it as leverage to force Italy to cede the Dodecanese to Greece; later given as apart of Italian Somaliland in 1924. -
Libya
Italy seized Libya after a war with the Ottomans. The Libyans resisted. Italy joined the Allies in World War I. After the War, fighting broke out again leading to another war. Italy continued efforts to colonize Libya. Mussolini waged a campaign to end Libyan resistance. The Italians seized the coast cities, but had great difficulty maintaining the interior. The Italians unified Tripolitania and Cyrenaica as the colony of Libya in 1929 -
Albania
In 1939, Italy invaded and captured Albania and made it a part of the Italian Empire as a separate kingdom in personal union with the Italian crown. The region of modern-day Albania had been an early part of the Roman Empire, which had actually been held before northern parts of Italy had been taken by the Romans, but had long since been populated by Albanians, even though Italy had retained strong links with the Albanian leadership and considered it firmly within its sphere of influence.
