The Italians had destroyed whatever embryonic bureaucratic and administrative structures had been in place before they invaded, so Libya had few elements of modern statehood.

意大利人摧毁了他们入侵之前方兴未艾的官僚和行政架构，结果利比亚几乎不能成为现代国家。

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