Quote Originally Posted by Caratacos
Egypt was much more fertile than it is today as well, I believe.
Indeed, Egypt was another of the three Roman bread baskets.

Though Egypts has alway had its fertility limited to the small strech on either side of the Nile. Today much of that fertile land has cities in it. And the Aswan High Dam destroyed the entire Egypt system turning one of the most unique treasured environments on the Earth into just another patch of desert.