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Qaban qaabada munaasabad balaaran oo loogu dabaal-degayo Xuska Aas Aaska Ciidanka Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed oo ku Asteysan 12-ka April ayaa lagu qabtay Xarunta Wasaaradda Difaaca Soomaaliya, Waxaana aad loo adkeeyay ammanka magaalada Muqdisho. 12-ka April sanadkii 1960 ayey ahayd markii la aas...

I was born in the great trading city of Mogadishu, the white pearl of the Indian Ocean. I come from a long line of merchants and traders stretching back thousands of years. My forefathers saw empires rise and empires fall. My first taste of the sea was when I was barely a few months old. A baby...

The Beden', badan, or alternate type names Beden-seyed and Beden-safar, is a fast, ancient Somali single or double-masted maritime vessel and ship, typified by its towering stern-post and powerful rudder. It is also the longest surviving sewn boat in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula...

Mine would be: 1. Khalid ibn al Walid (RA) 2. Alexander the Great 3. Salah ad-Din 4. Hannibal Barca 5. Napoleon 6. Genghis Khan 7. Suleiman the Magnificent 8. Julius Caesar 9. Belisarius 10. Marcus Aurelius 11. Subutai 12. Selecus I Nicator 13. Cyrus the Great 14. Mehmed the Conqueror 15...

After the Roman conquest of the Nabataean Empire and the Roman naval presence at Aden to curb piracy, Arab and Somali merchants barred Indian merchants from trading in the free port cities of the Arabian peninsula because of the nearby Roman presence. However, they continued to trade in the port...

The Sultanate of Mogadishu (Somali: ''Saldanadda Muqdisho'') (r. 10th-16th centuries) was a medieval trading empire in Somalia. It rose as one of the pre-eminent powers in the Horn of Africa and the larger East Africa region during the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries before becoming part of the...

...sad is when I'm walking around bookshops and libraries. You have entire walls and sections dedicated to the history and culture of China, India, USA, Britain, Japan etc. and a tiny corner dedicated to the entire continent of Africa. Makes me ashamed.:gucciwhat::meleshame:

These are a few words from the High East Cushitic languages, like Sidaamo The only ones I recognise are: Sidaamo - Somali Daadd "flow" - Daad "flood" Hadiyya - Somali Dagieera "monkey" - Daayeer "monkey" Burji - Somali Dax-aa/dagh "stone" - Somali "dhagax" Kambaata - Somali Far "finger" -...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/landofpunt.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/who-were-the-ancient-azanians/amp/ How come no one has tried to uncover the mysteries of these ancient people. :hmm: I think they were the ones that traded in the ancient southern city of raptor, what do you lot think?

Example of a box done about Somali culture/history: One of the main target audiences for these boxes is children, I can imagine this would be a good hands-on experience for them. Do you know the names of the objects? What would you have added?

In the spring of 1331, Ibn Battuta traveled south along the East African coast from Aden to Mogadishu, Mombasa and Kilwa. He left Aden by ship in mid-late January 1331. His first landfall in Africa was the city of "Zaila," four days journey from Aden (The modern city of Zeila is 40km southeast...

Greetings fellow Somali's, This is Section 7.0 of my "New world order" video presentation series. Please watch the section below And then ask yourself, what is the limit of your SIGHT? “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know...

Historical Images and information about Puntland aka Dal Udug aka the Cape of Spices aka the "land of Punt". Puntland is home to an ancient people, known for resilience and merchant traits. Revered by the ancient pharoahs as the land of Punt and to Greek merchants as the 'Cape of Spices' aka...

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Greetings fellow Somali's, The answer to the question that I've mentioned in the thread-title, has been presented in section 5.0 of my "New world order" video presentation series. Please watch the section below, and give me some feed back on my youtube channel and on this thread... “If you...

Greetings fellow Somali's, The answer to the question that I've mentioned in the thread-title, has been presented in section 4.0 of my "New world order" video presentation series. Please watch the section below, and give me some feed back on my youtube channel and on this thread... “If you...

Greetings fellow Somali's, The answer to the question that I've mentioned in the thread-title, has been presented in section 3.0 of my "New world order" video presentation series. Please watch the section below, and give me some feed back on my youtube channel and on this thread... “If you...

Greetings fellow Somali's, The answer to the question that I've mentioned in the thread-title, has been presented in section 2.0 of my "New world order" video presentation series. Please watch the section below, and give me some feed back on my youtube channel and on this thread... “If you...

Greetings fellow Somali's, Opening remarks: A lot of us Somali's, who live in western Societies, know very little about the histories of the white nations that we've been living in. Generally, most of us know that the political and economic problems that we (as a people) are facing, are...

Greetings Fellow Somali's, The answer to the question that I've mentioned in the thread-title, has been presented in the bonus section of my Somali-History video-presentation series. This bonus section is a supposed to prepare you for section 12.0 of the series. Section 12.0 is the climax of...