How imperialism changed the world

I am working on a project on "To what extent has imperialism shaped the present day situation in Libya". Not everone is doing Libya but I am. I learned that Libya is a big country in Northern Africa. Also that is was cologinized by Italy in the mid 1800's. The Sihara desert covers most of Lybia and most of the population lives on the 15% of ot that isn't the Sihara.