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5 days ago · Sahara, largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 to 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km).
- Climate
Sahara - Arid, Hot, Desert: The age of the Sahara has been a...
- Drainage
Sahara - Drainage, Oases, Rivers: Several rivers originating...
- Economy
Sahara - Oases, Nomads, Trade: During the century of...
- People
Sahara - Nomads, Bedouins, Tuareg: Although as large as the...
- Plant Life
Sahara - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: Saharan vegetation is...
- Animal Life
The North African elephant became extinct during the Roman...
- Climate
1 day ago · The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began with the aerial bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January 1991 and came to a close with the American-led liberation of Kuwait on 28 ...
1 day ago · During the day the sky is usually clear and most of the sun's radiation reaches the ground, but as soon as the sun sets, the desert cools quickly by radiating heat into space. In hot deserts, the temperature during daytime can exceed 45 °C (113 °F) in summer and plunge below freezing point at night during winter.
5 days ago · The descriptions of the Sahara in the works of Strabo, Pliny the Elder, and Ptolemy reflect growing interest in the desert. Geographic exploration, sponsored by the ʿAbbāsids, Fāṭimids, Mamlūks, and other courts in the Middle East, North Africa, and Moorish Spain, was widespread during the medieval period.
5 days ago · Lent is associated with the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert. This number, in turn, echoes several Old Testament events: • The forty days and forty nights of the great flood. ( Gen 7:4 ). • Moses’ 40 years as a shepherd in the desert before God called him to lead the Israelites out of slavery. ( Acts 7:29-30 ).
2 days ago · The monsoon rain came after Saturday night’s low of 93 degrees (33.8 Celsisus) in Phoenix had tied a city record set last year of 35 overnight lows in the 90s. Meanwhile, dry daytime desert heat ...
1 day ago · The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War. Military operations began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war and the Italian invasion of Egypt from Libya in September.