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**History** First inhabitants were tribes called Imazighen meaning “free men”. In 146 B.C. roman defeats the Phoenicians (the current controllers of the land). Libya gradually became Arabized as thousands of Arabs settled their and absorbed or displaced the Imazighen. Muslim dynasty’s ruled until the 1500’s, when the control of Libya passed between Spain, Malta, Barbary sea pirates, and the Ottoman Empire, which ruled from the mid-1500 to the early 1900. **Economy** One of the wealthiest nations because of crude oil and refined petroleum Libya also exports natural gas and fruits, vegies, grains, and cattle. However, the country still imports about 2/3 of its food. Oil wealth is shared through a system of subsides on gas and food. Libya cannot trade directly with Europe or the U.S. then the economy goes down the back up.
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political and phisical map of Libya:
 * || size in square mile || population density (per square mile) || GDP per capita || life expectancy (male) || life expectancy (female) || birth rate (per 1000 people) || infant mortality rate (per 1000 births) || language-(s) spoken || monetary unit || political leader || religions practiced || literacy rate ||  ||   ||
 * U.S. || 3,794,100 || 82 people || $45,592 || 77 || 81 || 13.81 || 6 || english || US dollar || Barack Obama || no official || 99% ||  ||   ||
 * Libya || 679,362 || 10 people || $14,364 || 72 || 77 || 24.58 || 21 || arabic || libyan dinar || Baghdadi mahmudi || Islam || 87% ||  ||   ||

Flag of Libya: The green is the main color of islam that is why the flag is green. This flag is the only flag with only one color. Resorces: culture grams fliccerCC CIA world fact book Africa maps University of austin