When the Sahara was (almost) green [NEW VERSION]

Remastered version of the previous video "when the Sahara was green".
The scientist used name for this period is "African Humid Period". It corresponds to wetter conditions all over Africa, started 14,500 years ago, peaking between 11,500 and 7,500 years ago and ended roughly around 4,200 years ago.
During this period, the boundary between Sahara desert and the tropical climate zone shifted northward by at least 800 km, although discovered rock art and fossils of aquatic fauna (hippos, fishes, crocodiles) suggest climate simulations underestimate how humid North Africa was.
Megalakes and rivers were active at that time.

0:00 Introduction
0:58 Last Glacial Maximum
2:02 African Humid Period
6:33 Rise of Ancient Egypt
6:54 End of African Humid Period

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WoW Soundtrack - Ahn'Qiraj Exterior Walking 4
Fable 3 Soundtrack - Kalin
WoW Soundtrack - Ahn'Qiraj Interior Intro Main
WoW Soundtrack - Zangarmarsh General Walk 6
Anno 1800 - Lizart Tongue
WoW Soundtrack - Ahn'Qiraj Exterior Walking 3

[darktyrannosaurus]

"Lake Gigachad
Population: Chad"

[adahnyemeth]

You have a wonderful taste in music. Half the reason i watch your videos is sound alone. Good job, and thank you for leaving track names in the description. So many creators forget that

[julls]

Awesome video, it´s crazy that this was just 10, 000 years ago.
By the way, it would be great if you reasearch and prepare a simulation video about the Messinian salinity crisis, when the Mediterranean Sea almost dryed out. Also you could show the end of the salinity crysis, when the Gibraltar Strait finally opened and a massive flood filled the sea. I think it´s really interesting.

[ThreeSided]

Hey! I love your content - I was wondering if you would do a sea level year by year like you did for Europe, but Mesopotamia. I’m very interested in particular with the Persian gulf, which your Europe video did show most of, but seemed not entirely accurate due to the lack of recession caused by settling of the shoreline. This area would have been where the Sumerian people came to start the first civilizations, and it would be awesome to speculate how this event could have affected their ancestors and possibly contributed to their flood myths!

[santiagodemarco]

Congratulations for the video. Great job. I would like you make one similar about ice era in South America, where I live (Argentina).

[michaljanovsky]

So awesome! Really helps to see every event in context

[Cove-od]

Could you please make one of these maps focused on the Middle East that includes, the Persian Gulf? Yesterday I watched your Beringia map video and watched the Sea Level graph.
I have recently learned that as sea levels dropped, the Persian Gulf drained. Though worlds apart, in this case, Beringia and the Persian Gulf were connected. And please include a similar graph here.

[arshu]

Can u do a similar video on india, arabia and amazon.. Arabia and sahara are related i guess.. But itd be very nice to watch 😌😌

[dimka]

Amazing work this really deserves millions of views. Good job

[MySomerandomname]

Absolutely fantastic. Man, you did a huge job!

[Borv]

Video Suggestions for Vids in USA: deglaciation in NA/Contiguous US, formation of the Great Lakes, Something on the paelolakes in the Western US (Lakes Bonneville/Lahontan).

[TheRealMaxdestroyer]

Cool video but how come I only see Lake Gigachad and none of the others also there are way too many things going on can you simplify it to just the biomes and rainfall anomaly because with all of the charts I cannot tell which one the map is referring to because there's 4 or 5 of them.

[matm]

very cool now the question is what engineering/terraforming feat could make sahara green again

[chibullz]

Loved the original, this is just much better. The music keeps me engaged also :)

[Anoss]

Thank you for your work !

I think a lot about why we have lost track of our past? Why did life begin only 6000 years ago with the arrival of Adam, why did the arrival of the monotheistic religion and Jesus change everything, change the dates (year 0), change mentalities (fight to make one's religion known and imposed) and the arrival of money and capitalism which will also distance us from each other.

Developed life existed throughout the Sahara 15, 000 years ago, the Sahara was full of water, and everything disappeared at the same time.

We find the same construction and stone which appear to be nested on top of each other as in Minecraft in all its areas where the ground has burned (Utah USA, Greece, etc.)

It's fascinating, it looks like a nuclear type explosion has ravaged the ecosystem and started to melt the stone... 6000 years ago... It's nonsense, it's fascinating.

Thank you for everything.

(used google translate)

[roccovolpetti]

How did It become a Savannah while keeping a desert climate?

[CadetGriffin]

0:39 I blame the frivolous 2019 COPPA lawsuit for this manifestation of the Star Trek: The Voyage Home effect.

[roygoodhand]

Use of the terms "mindfuck" and "Gigachad" really detract from the scientific value of this video, even though it also makes the video much cooler and more hip. I would use the term "mindscrew" instead of "mindfuck" in order to balance scientific value with coolness.

[ikengaspirit]

It seems the Sahara be much less green that previously thought through this period

[hristohristov]

It's interesting how the amazon would of looked like because the sands from Sahara are blown and fertilise the soil of Amazon.