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• Ancient Cave Discovery Reveals That 8,000 Years Ago, the Sahara Was Green [03/10/2025]
• NASA video shows how dust from Sahara Desert fuels Amazon rain forest [02/28/2015]

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I always assumed it was inhabited. Phoenicians were traders first, and colonizers second. They would not have had much interest in deserted lands.