Could be, but this is the desert.
Could be, but this is the desert.
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It’s a desert now, but 6,000 years ago what is now the Sahara Desert was green.
https://www.livescience.com/4180-sahara-desert-lush-populated.html
“Could be, but this is the desert.”
Not back then.
from the article : Northern Arabia 7,000 years ago was very different to today. Rainfall was higher, so much of the area was covered by grassland and there were scattered lakes.
A larger farther out picture would help. I flew all over Iraq during the 2nd war and it has some interesting geography. Like where the Tigris and Euphrates come together before the Persion Gulf is all wetlands... The people there scoot around on little boats.