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BebsiBolice

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Italy were not our allies. We were constantly fighting against Italy and England. f*ck out of here with your silly lies
 
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Barni said:
Italy were not our allies. We were constantly fighting against Italy and England. f*ck out of here with your silly lies
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Hey, take it up with wiki editors.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War
 
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Barni said:
Go back to wikipedia. We traded with Ancient Egypt, China, Persia and so on and we were smart enough to not sell our own people. I don't know much about the Swahili history expect for the Swahili slave trade.
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Swahilis never sold their own people either(very few Africans actually did) they sold captured members of other groups of people mainly around modern day Mozambique and Tanzania to arab slave traders, just like Somalis did. And later began selling slaves to the Portuguese after they sacked the Swahili states.
 
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youtoo said:
Somalis have existed for thousands of years, so if you like we could make it more than fair for you, by giving you a large advantage and compare notable contributions in the fields of math, science, technology, and medicine that were ground breaking for their time.

Should be fairly simple seeing as you have a multi-millennium long time span to work with whereas we only have 151 years living as free people(but still a nationless minority) to work with.

You go first, then I'll match yours. Should be interesting.
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Historical Somali commercial enterprise in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, and the straits of Malacca.
 
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Barni said:
That was the italians we didn't support them and we didn't support Ethiopia
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Oh come on, now. Many clearly fought along side the Italian invaders, possibly in hopes of serving their own interest of regaining territory from Ethiopia. But, regardless of the motive, they still "made a deal with the devil" so to speak.


During this campaign the Italians placed considerable reliance on their Royal Corps of Colonial Troops (Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali, or RCTC) – indigenous regiments recruited from the Italian colonial possessions of Eritrea, Somalia, and Libya. The most effective of these Italian officered units were the Eritrean native infantry (Ascaris) who were often used as advance troops, and as such suffered heavy casualties accordingly. The Eritreans also provided cavalry and artillery units. The "Falcon Feathers" (Penne di Falco) was one prestigious and colorful Eritrean cavalry unit. Other RCTC units employed in the invasion of Ethiopia included irregular Somali frontier troops (dubats), regular Arab-Somali infantry and artillery, and Libyan infantry.[23]

In addition to their own colonial troops from Eritrea, Somalia, and Libya, the Italians had a variety of local semi-independent "allies" who fought for them. In the north, the Azebu Galla were one of several groups induced to fight for the Italians. For many reasons, the Galla were willing to sweep down on the fleeing Ethiopians. In the south, the Somali Sultan Olol Dinle commanded a personal army that advanced into the northern Ogaden alongside the forces of Italian Colonel Luigi Frusci. The Sultan was motivated by his desire to take back lands that the Ethiopians had taken from him. The Italian colonial forces even included some Yemenis recruited from across the Gulf of Aden.[24]
 
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youtoo said:
Oh come on, now. Many clearly fought along side the Italian invaders, possibly in hopes of serving their own interest of regaining territory from Ethiopia. But, regardless of the motive, they still "made a deal with the devil" so to speak.


During this campaign the Italians placed considerable reliance on their Royal Corps of Colonial Troops (Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali, or RCTC) – indigenous regiments recruited from the Italian colonial possessions of Eritrea, Somalia, and Libya. The most effective of these Italian officered units were the Eritrean native infantry (Ascaris) who were often used as advance troops, and as such suffered heavy casualties accordingly. The Eritreans also provided cavalry and artillery units. The "Falcon Feathers" (Penne di Falco) was one prestigious and colorful Eritrean cavalry unit. Other RCTC units employed in the invasion of Ethiopia included irregular Somali frontier troops (dubats), regular Arab-Somali infantry and artillery, and Libyan infantry.[23]

In addition to their own colonial troops from Eritrea, Somalia, and Libya, the Italians had a variety of local semi-independent "allies" who fought for them. In the north, the Azebu Galla were one of several groups induced to fight for the Italians. For many reasons, the Galla were willing to sweep down on the fleeing Ethiopians. In the south, the Somali Sultan Olol Dinle commanded a personal army that advanced into the northern Ogaden alongside the forces of Italian Colonel Luigi Frusci. The Sultan was motivated by his desire to take back lands that the Ethiopians had taken from him. The Italian colonial forces even included some Yemenis recruited from across the Gulf of Aden.[24]
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Mostly bantus fought not ethnic Somalis. We were busy killing the Italians.
 
Canuck

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youtoo said:
Somalis have existed for thousands of years, so if you like we could make it more than fair for you, by giving you a large advantage and compare notable contributions in the fields of math, science, technology, and medicine that were ground breaking for their time.

Should be fairly simple seeing as you have a multi-millennium long time span to work with whereas we only have 151 years living as free people(but still a nationless minority) to work with.

You go first, then I'll match yours. Should be interesting.
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Mosylon modern day city and port of Bosaso in Somalia
According to classical writers such as Pliny, the inhabitants of Mosylon imported flint glassand glass vessels from Ancient Egypt, unripe grapes from Diospolis, unmilled cloths for the Berberi markets, including tunics and cloths manufactured at Arsinoe, as well as wine and tin. The main export items were gums, tortoiseshells, incense and ivory.[5] Pliny also indicated that, en route to the cinnamon hub of Mosylon, the Egyptian Pharaoh Sesostris led his forces passed the Port of Isis.[1] The latter ancient local commercial center is believed to correspond with the town of Bulhar, situated near Zeila.[6]
 
Canuck

Canuck

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youtoo said:
Swahilis never sold their own people either(very few Africans actually did) they sold captured members of other groups of people mainly around modern day Mozambique and Tanzania to arab slave traders, just like Somalis did. And later began selling slaves to the Portuguese after they sacked the Swahili states.
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@Canuck Interesting, but not what I requested.

Still, if you want to get into the history of strongest, proudest, warriors of Africa then we have to talk about Ethiopians, Mandingo, Ashantis, Zulus, Kongolese, and Angolans, before we talk about Somalis. Those people fought off European slave traders and colonist the hardest.
 
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youtoo said:
@Canuck Interesting, but not what I requested.

Still, if you want to get into the history of strongest, proudest, warriors of Africa then we have to talk about Ethiopians, Mandingo, Ashantis, Zulus, Kongolese, and Angolans, before we talk about Somalis. Those people fought off European slave traders and colonist the hardest.
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No Somalis did. Ethiopia shut up and took it when they lost their access to the sea. No one fought harder than us. Infact the Ethiopians you praise so much were once heavily defeated by us. BTW why don't you leave this site?
 
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