▲ 412 ▼ The Sahara Desert Today Vs 8,000 Years Ago (discuss.online) submitted 3 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source https://brilliantmaps.com/sahara-desert-today-vs-8000-years-ago/
[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 child) Well, Carthage was the bread basket for the Roman Empire. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* Egypt was, but also the Sahara was very dry by the founding of Rome. It's looking like 1600 BCE for early settlements in the area that the city of Rome is now in, meanwhile the latest I'm seeing for desertification is 2100 BCE. This difference in time is akin to claiming that Henry VIII had an air force. The Roman Empire is early ADs, so it's closer to claiming Julius Caesar had nukes Carthage was in coastal north Africa and is still pretty green. There are expensive suburbs on it these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* Egypt was, but also the Sahara was very dry by the founding of Rome. It's looking like 1600 BCE for early settlements in the area that the city of Rome is now in, meanwhile the latest I'm seeing for desertification is 2100 BCE. This difference in time is akin to claiming that Henry VIII had an air force. The Roman Empire is early ADs, so it's closer to claiming Julius Caesar had nukes Carthage was in coastal north Africa and is still pretty green. There are expensive suburbs on it these days. permalink fedilink source parent
