When The Sahara Was Green: Why Did It Turn To Sand? | History For Sleep

Описание: When The Sahara Was Green: Why Did It Turn To Sand? | History For Sleep

Ten thousand years ago, the Sahara wasn't a desert. It was green—lush grasslands, rivers flowing, hippos in marshes, elephants walking through forests. Rock art shows people swimming where only sand exists today. Satellite imaging reveals ghost rivers buried beneath dunes. This episode of Sleepy Secrets of History explores the African Humid Period, why Earth's orbital wobble controls the Sahara's cycles, and how this disaster forced the birth of Egyptian civilization along the Nile. Watch to learn what Lake Megachad reveals about the ancient climate, discover why the Sahara turns green and back to desert every 20,000 years, and understand whether it could happen again in our lifetimes.

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TIMESTAMPS & TOPICS:
0:00 Introduction: When the Sahara Was Paradise
16:00 The Evidence: Rock Art, Fossils, and Ghost Rivers
32:00 Lake Megachad: Bigger Than the Caspian Sea
48:00 What Changed? Earth's Orbital Wobble and the Monsoons
1:04:00 The Death of Green Sahara: A Thousand-Year Collapse
1:20:00 The Great Migration: Where Everyone Went
1:36:00 Birth of Egypt: Refugees Created a Civilization
1:52:00 The 20,000-Year Cycle: Why This Keeps Happening
2:08:00 Could It Turn Green Again? What Science Predicts
2:24:00 Conclusion: The Legacy of a Vanished Paradise

DIVE DEEPER:
The Sahara: A Cultural History by Eamonn Gearon (2011) — When it was green and alive
Climate Change in Prehistory by William James Burroughs (2005) — The African Humid Period explained
The Long Summer by Brian Fagan (2004) — How climate shaped early civilizations
Migrations and Cultures by Thomas Sowell (1996) — The Saharan exodus and its impact

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