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The Sultanates of Somalia
![The Ajuuraan, Adal, and Warsangali Sultanates in the 15th century](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/33953/full/czusfty1txco5ppt2jdb.jpg)
The Ajuuraan, Adal, and Warsangali Sultanates in the 15th century
Already in the classical (ancient) period, the Somali city-states of Mosylon, Opone, Malao, Sarapion, Mundus, Essina, and Tabae developed a lucrative trade network connecting with merchants from Phoenicia, Ptolemic Egypt, Greece, Parthian Persia, Sheba, Nabataea, and the Roman Empire. They used the ancient Somali maritime vessel known as the beden to transport their cargo.
The map shows the Horn of Africa. The Adal Sultanate was located on the Gulf of Tadjoura in modern-day Djibouti, the Warsangali Sultanate was located to the east in modern-day northeastern Somalia, the Ajuuraan Empire was located to the south on the Benadir Coast of modern-day Somalia, and the Portuguese Empire was located south of that near Pate, on the modern-day northeast coast of Kenya.
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