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In 1934 A.D. the geographer Konrad Kilian concluded that the period in which the ox, the giraffe, the ostrich, the elephant, the rhinoceros, and the crocodile were common in the Ahaggar cannot have preceded by much the age in which the camel became the chief means of transportation in the Sahara, which is the period just around the beginning of the Christian era. According to Kilian the process of dessication of the Sahara has been a progressive one and is still continuing today. He reports that trees of the cypress type have disappeared from the Ahaggar quite recently.

Our knowledge of the ancient Sahara was revolutionized by the publication, in 1957, or the results of Henri Lhote’s investigations of the rock paintings of the central Sahara. These paintings indicate that there was a time when chariots drawn by horses crossed the Sahara from the Mediterranean coast to the river Niger. This indicates that the process of dissication of the Sahara had reached a point in which transportation by river was no longer possible from the Great Chots to the Ahaggar and from there to the Niger, but the land could still support horses. One principle used by Lhote in dating this chariot route is the fact that the horses are portrayed on the rock painting according to style conventions that occur in Mycenaean art. Lhote assumes that the Mycenaeans, like the Greeks who followed them, had colonized Cyrenaica and that from there had advanced into the Sahara area. There can be no doubt that the chariot route reached the Ahaggar from the Mediterranean; Lhote assumes that from there it went south to the Niger at Gao. To the north of the Ahaggar the route went through the present oasis of Ghat. In order to be conservative Lhote marks the route as going directly from Ghat to the Mediterranean at Tripoli; but in so doing he does not prove consistent, since he had indicated that the route must have come into contact with Mycenaean civilization at Cyrenaica. In fact rock paintings of horses are found also in the present oasis of Fezzan, which indicates that the chariot route must have gone from Ghat to the Fezzan and from there to Cyrenaica through the present oasis of Jalo. In substance the chariot route must coincide with the trade route described by Herodotus, a route that Lhote recognizes as going from Cyrenaica to the Ahaggar through the oases of Jalo, the Fezzan, and Ghat. It can be assumed that this chariot route must have existed up to roughly 1000 B.C.

By the time of Herodotus the Sahara had acquired an appearance similar to the present one, since he describes it as a series of desert areas separated by oases. However, in his time the fertile areas that separate the deserts must have been more rich in vegetation than they are today.

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Originally posted by jorge:
I believe the name of the town was Rosewood and the name of the book regarding theoretical differences amongst different people's is called "The Bell Curve." There was also a recent article by a Nobel Laureate who did extensive work in DNA issues, but I can't think of his name. jorge

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Originally posted by MSsafari:
This post is a damn good pissing contest. A good read while I wait for my take out food to be ready. OK, I will jump in with my $0.02.

Communism is the problem with Zimbabwe. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe the result of communist backed government and there will be on change there until the rule of law is restored. An economy can not operate at any level of efficiency with the corrupt rulers of the sub-Saharan countries.

Take all living people in Africa and give them each an equal portion of $$ or land. Give them equal access to education and a fare free enterprise system with the rule of law. Wait 20 years.
At the end of 20 years you will have a few very rich Africans, a fair number of middle class Africans, and a whole bunch of dirt poor Africans. That is human nature. That is why only the top 1% (based on earned income, if you inherited wealth, great , you are a lucky few) of American citizens read this board. We are the only ones who can afford to hunt in Africa.

If you have been to African hunting ( I have one time and am no expert) then you have seen that it is really a mess. Were the countries run much better by the decedents of the white settlers? YES, by our standards. The problem with Africa (and the rest of the world) is the population is exploding.

The white land owners in the Republic of South Africa are loosing their land to squatters at an ever increasing rate.

We live in a world ruled by the lone remaining super-power, The United States of America!!!! The rest of the world is just jealous. I am about to leave my air-conditioned office and get in to my huge diesel truck (alone) and pick up dinner (sushi) to feed my family of 5 spoiled Americans. My financial plan has me hunting in Africa for Elephant in 2011. I love the free enterprise system.

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Originally posted by smarterthanu:
Aglifter,

I hold a college degree in an agriculture science from the largest agriculutre university in the USA. Where do you think I am pulling these facts from?

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Originally posted by dogcat:

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Originally posted by smarterthanu:
Aglifter,

I hold a college degree in an agriculture science from the largest agriculutre university in the USA. Where do you think I am pulling these facts from?

Texas A&M?? That explains the length of this thread. Suprised Idahosharpshooter was not on this one as well....

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Originally posted by Fjold:

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Originally posted by dogcat:

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Originally posted by smarterthanu:
Aglifter,

I hold a college degree in an agriculture science from the largest agriculutre university in the USA. Where do you think I am pulling these facts from?

Texas A&M?? That explains the length of this thread. Suprised Idahosharpshooter was not on this one as well....

You went back almost 17 years to make a dig about Aggies?