How's The Weather Out There...

Sergio Natali · 02-23-2015, 03:35 AM

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7,300 to 5,500 years ago: Retreating monsoonal rains initiate desiccation in the Egyptian Sahara, prompting humans to move to remaining habitable niches in Sudanese Sahara. The end of the rains and return of desert conditions throughout the Sahara after 5,500 coincides with population return to the Nile Valley and the beginning of pharaonic society.
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So as you see I don't think that the Romans could deplete any forest in the Sahara! :-)

Sergio

02-23-2015, 03:35 AM	#29
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	QUOTE 7,300 to 5,500 years ago: Retreating monsoonal rains initiate desiccation in the Egyptian Sahara, prompting humans to move to remaining habitable niches in Sudanese Sahara. The end of the rains and return of desert conditions throughout the Sahara after 5,500 coincides with population return to the Nile Valley and the beginning of pharaonic society. UNQUOTE So as you see I don't think that the Romans could deplete any forest in the Sahara! :-) Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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