- The Sahel is the area south of the Sahara where rainfall vegetation starts. The Sahel African Kingdoms traded across the Sahara with the Roman Empire.
- Camel Caravans travelled from Tripolitana and Morocco along Saharan Trade Routes that ran through the Fezzan and on to the Sahel.
Agisymba
- Marinus of Tyre constructed a World Map, with the southernmost Parallel passing through the Land of Agisymba and called it the Parallel of Agisymba.
- Acccording to Marinus of Tyre and Ptolemy, Agisymba was a country four months travel south through the Fezzan, with large animals and high mountains, thought to have been situated around Lake Chad.
- Between 82-93 CE, the King of the Garamantes claimed Lordship over Agisymba.
Lake Chad