Honestly crazy how this was done without the tech we have today.
This is a recent map on medieval Europe. Maps from back then looked a lot more inaccurateHonestly crazy how this was done without the tech we have today.
Adal was about to do that to the entire horn till Portugal fucked it up.I love the HRE. It's a mess till Prussia comes along and fixes the German states to one unified unite. This is how suspect our history would've went had outside interference not happened. Eventually one state will grow strong enough to absorb all smaller and weaker states into its influence.
there is no way that shit was created in the 1400s
Nearly all of Africa is..Somalis are living these days in 2023
Our connection with the Ottomans might have facilitated the development of more advanced weaponry. I think the issue was developing new formations to better utilize the new tools. We were still cavalry during that period and while it was still useful it meant that in a artillery focusing world it'll be obsolete. All things considered things could've gone so differently that it's insane.Adal was about to do that to the entire horn till Portugal fucked it up.
Perhaps there could've been a state in the 1800s that would've united the Somali peninsula. The peninsular was divided by several kingdoms already. All that we needed was one if those kingdoms to start producing a modern millitary and conquer the rest into a Somali empire. But this would have to happen before the 1890s.&80s
Millitarily we were undefeated. Sure our tactics would've been improved but it was more than sufficient in the African context.Our connection with the Ottomans might have facilitated the development of more advanced weaponry. I think the issue was developing new formations to better utilize the new tools. We were still cavalry during that period and while it was still useful it meant that in a artillery focusing world it'll be obsolete. All things considered things could've gone so differently that it's insane.
somali history is basically foreign nation coming and cockblocking us from glory every damn timeMillitarily we were undefeated. Sure our tactics would've been improved but it was more than sufficient in the African context.
The Adalites taking Abyssinia and perhaps pushing into Sudan to form an Islamic empire that stretches from Khartoum to Mogadishu would've been insane. As Ajuuran would've likely fell, or perhaps Ajuuran Aristocracy would see their rivals win such victories and may push to expand themselves. Either way would see a golden age of Somali expansion and Empire.
With the Ajuuran expanding all over the Swahili coast and taking madagascar.
All of that could've happened had it not been for a couple Portuguese knights sneaking behind the Imam and killing him. Very sad to think about.
Not even the Ogaden is the most recent example.somali history is basically foreign nation coming and cockblocking us from glory every damn time
thats why a home grown cultural movement is key. Youd be surprised how many young people back home are fed up with qabiil just a civilian order (non islamist) taking advantage of this and forming a new SYL can help us greatly. If you form military order it will cause foreign invasion , if you form religious same thing thats why a civilian order will be ignored and can build up slowly over time.Not even the Ogaden is the most recent example.
We nearly ended the somali civil war in 2006 with the Islamic courts union increasingly establishing government. But the US came and told Ethiopia to invade and overthrow it.
The greatest issue in the Somali peninsula is foriegners. We must be so united and powerful that foriengiers may never involve themselves in our politics again.
But millitarism and religion is what historically defined the Somalis.thats why a home grown cultural movement is key. Youd be surprised how many young people back home are fed up with qabiil just a civilian order (non islamist) taking advantage of this and forming a new SYL can help us greatly. If you form military order it will cause foreign invasion , if you form religious same thing thats why a civilian order will be ignored and can build up slowly over time.
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