Essina
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| Location | Somalia |
| City-state existed: | 2nd century |
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Essina (Ancient Greek: Εσσίναn) was an ancient emporium located in the Horn of Africa.[1]
History
Main article: Maritime history of Somalia
Having risen to prominence in the 2nd century CE, Essina 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 Merca in modern-day southern Somalia based on Ptolemy's work. Alternatively, it has been suggested that Essina was buried somewhere along the Benadir coast. However, due to a general lack of excavations in the area, the old city's exact geographical location is unknown.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Ptolemy's Topography of Eastern Equatorial Africa, by Henry Schlichter Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography © 1891 - pg 443
- ↑ Revue d'études somaliennes, Issues 1-7. 1986. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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