Because they wanted too!!....
European country which colonized Libya and Eritrea is Italy.
The first country that colonized Libya was Italy (1934~1943)
The African countries colonized by Italy were Libya, Somalia, and Eritrea. Ethiopia was occupied, but not colonized by Italy.
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The European country that colonized Libya was Italy and in 1947 Italy lost Libya as a result of WWII.
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Somalia, Eritrea, and western Libya.
ITALY was the primary colonizer of Libya, taking the territory in 1911 from the Ottoman Turks, who had governed the territory as the Tripolitania Eyelet since 1517. However, the borders of Libya away from the coast (the southwestern, southern, and southeastern borders) were not officially set during the colonial period. As a result, some of the territory that is part of Libya today was part of British-occupied Egypt or French-occupied Algeria or Chad during the colonial period.
From 1553 to 1912 it was colonized by Othmani Turki. From 1911 to 1940 it was a colonized by Italy. - It was taken by the Allied powers in 1940 and given to King Idris in 1951.
Italy, Roman Empire, The Spanish Ottoman Empire. But Libya has not colonized anyone. Italy's colonize went from 1911-1943, The Roman Empires went on from 146 BC-640 AD, Spanish ruled them from 1510-1530, The Ottoman empire went from 1551-1911.
The French explored and colonized a number of countries. These countries include Albania, Croatia, Italy, Morocco, Libya, as well as the Ivory Coast.
The French explored and colonized a number of countries. These countries include Albania, Croatia, Italy, Morocco, Libya, as well as the Ivory Coast.