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    The Garamantes (Ancient Greek: Γαράμαντες, romanized: Garámantes; Latin: Garamantes) were ancient peoples, who may have descended from Berber tribes,...
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    Sahara (section Garamantes)
    the Garamantes, arose around 500 BCE in the heart of the Sahara, in a valley that is now called the Wadi al-Ajal in Fezzan, Libya. The Garamantes built...
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    empire for two and half centuries. The Garamantes also engaged in the trans-Saharan slave trade. The Garamantes used slaves in their own communities to...
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    archaeological site in Libya. It was the capital of the Garamantian Kingdom. The Garamantes were a Saharan Berber people living in the Fezzan in the northeastern...
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  • referred to the Troglodytae in his Histories as being a people hunted by the Garamantes in Libya. He said that the Troglodytae were the swiftest runners of all...
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    from Libyan Sabratha and with ten thousand legionaries conquered the Garamantes capital in Fezzan. He then sent a small group of his legionaries further...
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  • wagons. In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus reported use of chariots by Garamantes in the Saharan region of North Africa. In the 1st century CE, Strabo reported...
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  • and Nasamon two heroes who are worshipped by Garamantes and Nasamones alike Awjila Cyrenaica Garamantes Strabo, Geography, §17.3.20 "Saudi Aramco World :...
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    and the Garamantes at this time – no doubt as a result of Flaccus's success – made his way from Leptis Magna through the land of the Garamantes to the...
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    Nicon Essina Rauso Nilotic Peoples African Kingdoms North Africa Carthage Garamantes Kingdom Nasamones Chiefdom Cyrene Kingdom of Blemmyes Massylii Confederation...
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