> Think of Mesopotamia. When it was the cradle of civilization it was the > fertile > crescent. Now it is mostly desert (that is it is Iraq). How did this happen?
I guess Bush has the answer to that :-) > Over time the people living in the region degraded the environment (cut down > the trees - always a bad idea). But it took quite a long time. In the Easter The people in Scotland also cut down most of the trees in order to have more room for sheep. Or so I learned. Yup, deforestation works without rats :-) - klaus _________________________________________________________ This mail sent using V-webmail - http://www.v-webmail.orgg _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
