The Garamantes (Ancient Greek: Γαράμαντες, romanized: Garámantes; Latin: Garamantes) were ancient peoples, who may have descended from Berber tribes,...

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...

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...

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...

from Libyan Sabratha and with ten thousand legionaries conquered the Garamantes capital in Fezzan. He then sent a small group of his legionaries further...

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...

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...

Arabia Petraea. In 202, he campaigned in Africa and Mauretania against the Garamantes, capturing their capital Garama and expanding the Limes Tripolitanus along...

peoples such as the Mauri, Masaesyli, Massyli, Musulamii, Gaetuli, and Garamantes gave rise to Berber kingdoms, such as Numidia and Mauretania. Other kingdoms...

the ancient Nubians were taken as slaves by the ancient Egyptians. The Garamantes relied heavily on slave labor from sub-Saharan Africa. They used slaves...