Libya ( lang: Lībiyā pronunciation; Libyan vernacular: Lībya pronunciation; Amazigh: .
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Libya ( lang: Lībiyā pronunciation; Libyan vernacular: Lībya pronunciation; Amazigh: .
The name "Libya" is an indigenous (i.e. Berber) one, which is attested in ancient Egyptian texts as
Libya has the fifth highest GDP (PPP) per capita of Africa, behind Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Seychelles. This is largely due to its large petroleum reserves and low population.Annual Statistical Bulletin, (2004), "World proven crude oil reserves by country, 1980–2004", O.P.E.C., Accessed July 20 2006World Economic Outlook Database, (April, 2006), "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects", International Monetary Fund, Accessed July 15 2006
The Libyan flag is the only national flag in the world with just one color - green - and no design, insignia, or other details.
History
main: History of Libya Archaeological evidence indicates that from as early as the 8th millennium BC, Libya's coastal plain was inhabited by a Neolithic people who were skilled in the domestication of cattle and the cultivation of crops.Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, (1987), "Early History of Libya", U.S. Library of Congress, Accessed July 11 2006 The area known in modern times as Libya was later occupied by a series of peoples, with the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals and Byzantines ruling all or part of the area. Although the Greeks and Romans left ruins at Cyrene, Leptis Magna and Sabratha, little other evidence remains of these ancient cultures.
