Sahel

The word "sahel" means "shore" in Arabic and refers to the transition zone between the wooded savannas of the south and the true Sahara Desert. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But the problem of the book begins on the very first page when Nir claims that the word "sahel" it should be sahl is "unique to the Arabic of Iraq." ❋ As'ad (2006)

My perspective was that this would lead to a reduction in the sahel dust over teh Atantic this year. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Here are all possible combinations of double vowels: Double fatHa: tanwiin with fatHa creates the "an" sound, as in ` ahlan wa sahlan (ahel-an wah sahel-an; Hi). ❋ Bouchentouf, Amine (2006)

This is Kamal. ` ahlan wa sahlan kamal! ahel-lan wah sahel-lan kamal! ❋ Bouchentouf, Amine (2006)

A familiar phrase you can also use after you say allo is ` as-salaamu ` alaykum (ass-sa-laam-ou a-lai-koum; hello) or ` ahlan wa sahlan (ahel-lan wah sahel-lan; hi). ❋ Bouchentouf, Amine (2006)

The Morocco-based Almoravids sacked Kumbi-Saleh, the sahel capital of Ghana, in 1086, which ushered in the gradual decline of the first West African Empire. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Especially during periods of drought, nomads from the Sahara raided the sedentary societies of the sahel. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The drought in the sahel devastated local communities. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Three historical trends during this period warrant special attention: the spread of the Bantu, the rise of complex polities in the West African sahel, and the emergence of the Indian Ocean Swahili communities. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Throughout the sahel (an Arabic term for shore) along the desert's edge and on the East African coast, Muslim communities established mutually beneficial relations with communities and political leaders practicing traditional or animist religions. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Roughly contemporary with the spread of the Bantu speakers, from the middle of the first millennium B.C.E. to the middle of the first millennium of the current era, West Africans along the sahel and savanna developed an urban tradition. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Whatever its particular origin, the urban tradition spread along the West African sahel and savanna to Lake Chad, and supported communities as small as several hundred to some as large as several thousand. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Soninke merchants of the Malian Empire pushed the commercial frontier eastward, linking Hausaland of the central Sudan to the commercial centers in the sahel and the gold sources in the south. ❋ Unknown (2001)

In the West African sahel drought may be expected one year in four. ❋ Unknown (1996)

KLAIJ, M.C.; SERAFINI, P.G. (1988): The potential impact of the use of animal traction on millet-based cropping systems in the sahel. ❋ Unknown (1991)

Many will be surprised to know how often famines have occurred. keywords: drought biafran starving sahel people failure crisis food eat cambodians cambodia karamoja somalian estimate starvation congo zimbabwe darfur conflict niger horn myanmar bangladesh tajikistan kenya bee's flu ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is a geography presentation on the sahel. it talks about what has happend and how his has affected the regions development. ❋ Unknown (2010)