name 5 facts you know about somali history

Villainess

smooth talk on a rainy summer evening
go i'll start
-the first african to go to china was somali
-somalis traded with most of asia because of our proximity to the ocean
-we were the first to have a hydraulic empire
-somalis were traditionally oral historians rather than writing down our history
-our gov collapsed in the 90's
- the colonizers were scared of somalis because of the way they never feared anyone

how did we go from all that to posting on facebook and saying "dont judge me only allah can" and joining gangs :damnmusic:
 

Somali Hannibal

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go i'll start
-the first african to go to china was somali
-somalis traded with most of asia because of our proximity to the ocean
-we were the first to have a hydraulic empire
-somalis were traditionally oral historians rather than writing down our history
-our gov collapsed in the 90's
- the colonizers were scared of somalis because of the way they never feared anyone

how did we go from all that to posting on facebook and saying "dont judge me only allah can" and joining gangs :damnmusic:
Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa
 
1. Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa
2. Somalia has the most camels in the world more then 7 million
3. frankincense is produced in Puntland in large amounts , the Roman Catholic Church buys it stock from us (fun fact)
4. The Ogaden war started in 1977 July and ended in March 1978
5. The laas geel painting in Somaliland is horn of Africa’s most ancient painting
 
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Villainess

smooth talk on a rainy summer evening
1. Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa
2. Somalia has the most camels in the world more then 7 million
3. frankincense is produced in Somalia in large amounts , the Roman Catholic Church buys it stock from Somalia fun fact
4. The Ogaden war started in 1977 July and ended in March 1978
5. The laas geel painting in Somaliland is horn of Africa’s most ancient painting
1) Somali's were the first to domesticate the camel
2) somaliland doesn't exist, you mean north somalia? :mjlaugh:
 
Korean word for giraffe (Girin) comes from the Somali language
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