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
Add to this the threat of raids and the possibility of a hostile merchant population, and to Europeans the undertaking of a trans-Saharan journey by themselves seemed likely to be disastrous.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The economic health and longevity of the Songhai Empire depended on the secure and smooth operation of the trans-Saharan trade in goods across North Africa.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Although perhaps most pronounced in West Africa, the altered dynamics of trans-Saharan trade in enslaved people in the eighteenth century were also apparent in North Africa.
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
