<P> The people of Phoenicia, who flourished from 1200--800 BCE, created a confederation of kingdoms across the entire Sahara to Egypt . They generally settled along the Mediterranean coast, as well as the Sahara, among the people of ancient Libya, who were the ancestors of people who speak Berber languages in North Africa and the Sahara today, including the Tuareg of the central Sahara . </P> <P> The Phoenician alphabet seems to have been adopted by the ancient Libyans of north Africa, and Tifinagh is still used today by Berber - speaking Tuareg camel herders of the central Sahara . </P> <P> Sometime between 633 BCE and 530 BCE, Hanno the Navigator either established or reinforced Phoenician colonies in Western Sahara, but all ancient remains have vanished with virtually no trace . </P> <P> By 500 BCE, Greeks arrived in the desert . Greek traders spread along the eastern coast of the desert, establishing trading colonies along the Red Sea . The Carthaginians explored the Atlantic coast of the desert, but the turbulence of the waters and the lack of markets caused a lack of presence further south than modern Morocco . Centralized states thus surrounded the desert on the north and east; it remained outside the control of these states . Raids from the nomadic Berber people of the desert were of constant concern to those living on the edge of the desert . </P>

Write the names of three african countries located in the sahara desert region