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THE SAHEL: THE FIRST MAJOR ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL COLLAPSE OF HUMANITY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The destruction of Carthage in 146 BC not only destroyed a flourishing Mediterranean civilization on the shores of what we now call Tunisia. Suddenly, for more than a thousand years, he cut the trade channel that brought Europe into contact with the Sahel, that is to say the region of wooded plateaus and muddy rivers and lakes, areas full of fishing and game, metal deposits and gold, which is the richest and most populous area in the world.<\/p>\n

It was abundance that caused mankind’s first great ecological disaster. In just six centuries, thanks to the ruthless intervention of humanity, the Sahel forest has become the Sahara desert. After the logging of forests and the extermination of fish and game, the inhabitants of the region, almost all nomadic tribes, were gradually forced to move south and west, accelerating the process of desertification and causing misery and tribal wars. The lack of a trade hub in the north meant that, while Europe was still experiencing the last breath of the Roman Empire, all of West Africa had changed its economy and the sale of human slaves had become the center of interest.<\/p>\n