Talk:Sahara

4,000 BC

I need to learn about the sahara in 4,000 B.C and what the people did to survive?

french version

I was reading a book by Paul Bowles (The Sheltering Sky), and I came across terms which I was not familiar with (oued, erg, bled, etc.) I assumed the wikipedia page on the Sahara would have everything, but unfortunately, there is nothing in English on these terms. To my surprise, I found that the French article has all these topics. However, I don't speak French. So I think someone in the community interested in improving the Sahara article would do well to translate those portions of the French article missing from its English counterpart.

I'm not actually a community member, but I thought I could help out.

History Section

The History section needs some work as it totally overlooks the existance of ancient lakes around which the remains of the Kiffian culture (10,000 - 8,000 B.P) and Tenerian culture have been found in Niger. The Berber section can't stay as it is with no citations. The Sahara has been inhabited by different people in different areas so the information is questionable.

The only larger desert in the world is Antarctica?

This was added to the article. According to Desert, the Arctic is also a bigger desert. Is this correct?  Begoon^talk 17:55, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I pointed out at Talk:Desert that the Arctic is actually an ocean, not land - so that would make the Sahara the second largest land desert in the world. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:05, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

it covers most of "Latvia"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara

The Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الكبرى‎, aṣ-ṣaḥrā´ al-kubra, "The Greatest Desert") is the world's largest cold desert. At over 18 mm2, it covers most of Latvia, making it almost as ......

Latvia????

It was vandalized. Fixed. Thanks for pointing it out. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:08, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

What about BEFORE the last ice age?

I Know that i can find citations for the fact thatt the sahara once was a mongrove forest cited from walking with prehistoric beasts