Hypothetical

[Ashraf]

What if the Nile basin, instead of ending in the highlands of Ethiopia, stretched all the way down through northern Somalia and the basin ended in bossaso. How bigger could our population have been?Would northern clans be sedentary like rahanweyne? Imagine all the ancient civilisations and architecture that could be left. I can’t be the only one that comes up with these random scenarios in my head. Drop opinions (unserious thread)

 

[Internet Nomad]

What if the Nile basin, instead of ending in the highlands of Ethiopia, stretched all the way down through northern Somalia and the basin ended in bossaso. How bigger could our population have been?Would northern clans be sedentary like rahanweyne? Imagine all the ancient civilisations and architecture that could be left. I can’t be the only one that comes up with these random scenarios in my head. Drop opinions (unserious thread)

tsetse fly be like

 

[cunug3aad]

Gaalkacyo will be the last strand of geeljire being oppressed from the north and the south whilst shunning sedentary life as inferior
Or alternatively woqooyi would be part of xabashi christendom

 

[NidarNidar]

Gaalkacyo will be the last strand of geeljire being oppressed from the north and the south whilst shunning sedentary life as inferior
Or alternatively woqooyi would be part of xabashi christendom

We would have had a much larger population to counter the habashi and oromo hoards, wouldn't of lost and would of pushed deeper into the interior.

 

[Aurelian]

What if the Nile basin, instead of ending in the highlands of Ethiopia, stretched all the way down through northern Somalia and the basin ended in bossaso. How bigger could our population have been?Would northern clans be sedentary like rahanweyne? Imagine all the ancient civilisations and architecture that could be left. I can’t be the only one that comes up with these random scenarios in my head. Drop opinions (unserious thread)

Why you think the extension of the basin would have been inhabited by Somalis only? The Nile basin was there for thousands of years before our existence, therefore it would probably have other populations living there before Somalis. The more water you get in a place the more diverse the place would be.