The desert was accelerated during the muslim conquest of North Africa when they used very large herds of goats to strip the vegetation from most of North Africa which had been the grain basket to the Ancient World.
“The desert was accelerated during the muslim conquest of North Africa when they used very large herds of goats to strip the vegetation from most of North Africa which had been the grain basket to the Ancient World.”
Awhhh, com’on..You know “whitey” taught them how to drill wells so they could ‘stay in place’..and that’s how the animals ate up all the local vegetation..and ‘ruined’ it all.
WHITEY’S FAULT !
Islam seems to have a real skill for turning landscapes into barren wastelands.