Essina
Encyclopedia
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Essina
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| Somalia
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| City-state existed:
| 2nd century
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Essina
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| Location
| Somalia
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| City-state existed:
| 2nd century
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Essina
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| Location
| Somalia
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| City-state existed:
| 2nd century
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Essina was an ancient emporium
located on the Somali peninsula. Having risen to prominence in the 2nd century, it was mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia. Several modern scholars have positioned the ancient harbour in the vicinity of the early medieval cities of Barawa
and Merka based on Ptolemy's work.
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| colspan="2" style="margin-left: inherit; background:#DEB887; text-align:center; font-size: medium;" |Ancient
Essina
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| Location
| Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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| City-state existed:
| 2nd century
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| colspan="2" |
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| colspan="2" style="margin-left: inherit; background:#DEB887; text-align:center; font-size: medium;" |Ancient
Essina
|- align="center"
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| Location
| Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| City-state existed:
| 2nd century
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- align="center"
| colspan="2" |
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| colspan="2" style="margin-left: inherit; background:#DEB887; text-align:center; font-size: medium;" |Ancient
Essina
|- align="center"
| colspan="2" |
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| Location
| Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| City-state existed:
| 2nd century
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|- align="center"
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Essina was an ancient emporium
Marketplace
A marketplace is the space, actual, virtual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. The term is also used in a trademark law context to denote the actual consumer environment, ie. the 'real world' in which products and services are provided and consumed.-Marketplaces and street markets:A...
located on the Somali peninsula. Having risen to prominence in the 2nd century, it was mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia. Several modern scholars have positioned the ancient harbour in the vicinity of the early medieval cities of Barawa
Barawa
Barawa or Brava is a port town on the south-eastern coast of Somalia. The traditional inhabitants are the Tunni Somalis and the Bravanese people, who speak Bravanese, a Swahili dialect.-History:...
and Merka based on Ptolemy's work.
See also
- Sarapion
- Malao
- Opone
- Mosylon
- Somali maritime historySomali maritime historyMaritime history of Somalia refers to the seafaring tradition of the Somali people. It includes various stages of Somali navigational technology, shipbuilding and design, as well as the history of the Somali port cities...
- Periplus of the Erythraean SeaPeriplus of the Erythraean SeaThe Periplus of the Erythraean Sea or Periplus of the Red Sea is a Greco-Roman periplus, written in Greek, describing navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports like Berenice along the coast of the Red Sea, and others along Northeast Africa and India...
- History of SomaliaHistory of SomaliaSomalia , officially the Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya on its southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen on its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia...
