Essina
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| Ancient Essina | |
| Location | Somalia |
| City-state existed: | 1st century AD |
Essina (Template:Langx) was an ancient emporium located on the southeastern coast of present-day Somalia in the Horn of Africa.[1]
History
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See also
References
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- ^ Ptolemy's Topography of Eastern Equatorial Africa, by Henry Schlichter Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography © 1891 - pg 443
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Revue d'études somaliennes, Issues 1-7. 1986. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
