Posted on 03/24/2017 7:09:10 PM PDT by Salvation
I have read that North Africa was much wetter in the time of Christ. It was a huge producer of grain. Now it is pretty much desert.
I would guess that Palestine was also.
I promise that I did not read your post before posting mine.
I hit post 31 seconds before you. I’ve made replies days after somebody else. Usually it’s one of those 1500 post articles though.
And you read your information. I’m lazy and watched it on TV.
Whatever he wanted it to be! Jesus calls all of the shots!
2,000 years ago, Romans could cross the Sahara on horseback. 8,000 years ago the Sahara area was well watered, with a large hippopotamus population.
Desertification is a regional issue though, not reflective of a common global trend.
The Egyptians did too have SUV's!
Probably much nicer than now. after the muslims took over the region, it turned to desert.
Now that the Jews are back, Israel is becoming increasingly fertile.
Shepherds near Bethlehem means Christ’s birth was in the winter. The flocks follow the grass which follows the rain.
No one mentioned the well know fact that the Ottoman’s taxed the region based on the amount of trees which led to them all being cut down.
According to the chart at the link, it was normal at the birth of Christ.
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