Contents [hide]
1 Geography
2 Climate
2.1 Temperature
2.2 Precipitation
3 Ecoregions
4 Flora and fauna
5 History
5.1 Nubians
5.2 Egyptians
5.3 Phoenicians
5.4 Greeks
5.5 Urban civilization
5.6 Berbers
5.7 Islamic expansion
5.8 Ottoman Turkish era
5.9 European colonialism
5.10 Breakup of the empires and afterwards
6 People and languages
7 See also
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 External links