Sahara
noun
a desert in northern Africa, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 square miles (9,065,000 square kilometers).
trans-Saharan
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a word derived from
Sahara.
Example Sentences
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Djenné is one of the oldest towns in sub-Saharan Africa and served as a market center and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Progressively, they diverted traffic away from the centuries-old trans-Saharan trade routes and along the West African coast.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Askia the Great’s successors could not maintain control of the empire, however, and in the sixteenth century, Songhai was defeated by Saadi forces from Morocco seeking to gain control of the trans-Saharan caravan routes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
These ventures mark some of the earliest attempts at direct European involvement in trans-Saharan trade.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
At Ouargla it rested for a week; and there, renewing its supplies, penetrated southwards to survey the desert country of the Touaregs for the construction of the oft-mooted trans-Saharan railway.
From The Truants by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
