> Mitchell suggests the Amazigh settlers took to the sea to escape conflicts sparked by a drying climate or the Roman expansion Maybe motivation for such a ris

> Mitchell suggests the Amazigh settlers took to the sea to escape conflicts sparked by a drying climate or the Roman expansion Maybe motivation for such a risky sea crossing was just gone. Besides there was probably a good chance one would get hit on the head and have their ship and produce/merchandise stolen by whistling Canary headbangers. All for what? A handful of barley and some odd purple dye?