Augustine Sedira
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What is the earliest Berber civilization that could exist without altering the geography of the world.
I'm seeing how far back we can go whilst remaining realistic. I've had thoughts of a civilization built on tribal warfare causing further centralization with a pastoral economy but I don't know how realistic that is.I don't know how early you're asking for, but there was indeed a Berber civilisation pretty early on.
Agriculture is possible on the coastal regions, but it really looks like they lack the major river systems that ancient civilizations required to become truly great. They could start out as a secondary rising power, and establish trade settlements in the manner of the Greeks and Phoenicians, or conquer their neighbors until they become the regional empire, like Carthage and Rome.
Alternatively, the various raiding tribes could be united by a dominant figure and go on a great migration/conquest and establish themselves as rulers elsewhere where old civilizations already exist, like the Germanics and Mongols.
Are there any examples of civilizations with their economies based on pastoralism rather than agriculture?
Which Arab group are you talking off exactly? The Nabataeans or maybe the Dilmuns?The ancient Arabs, sort of? But they practiced some agriculture...
The ancient Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom (1975 BC to 1640 BC) conducted raids westward along the African coast so that implies there was something to raid at least as early as that.
Which Arab group are you talking off exactly? The Nabataeans or maybe the Dilmuns?
Oh, okay. I would say the Yemenis had a proto-civilization, maybe even a civilization. Won't say the same about the Bedouins though. However, good peoples to look at for inspiration.I’ll be honest, I wasn’t thinking that far early—more like the Yemeni with the Marib Dam, although that was a sedentary civilization, or maybe more like the Bedouin?