Sahel African Kingdoms

  • 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

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