Why Every Country Has Military Bases in Djibouti
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Quick Summary: Djibouti may be small but is the only country controlling access to the main part of the strait separating the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. All countries nearby are hostile and/or under conflict so Djibouti's calm political situation and its extremely important location combined attracts important countries to control trade.
You mean Red Sea and gulf of Aden, I may read gulf of Aden is also counted sometimes as the Red Sea. Gulf of Aden was also called gulf of Berbera by big arab scholars before, it could be that the British changed the name.
"In Abu'l-Fida's, A Sketch of the Countries (Arabic: ุชูููู ุงูุจูุฏุงู), the present-day Gulf of Aden was called the Gulf of Berbera, which shows how important Berbera was in both regional and international trade during the medieval period.[9][10]
Legendary navigator Ibn Majid referred to the Gulf of Aden as the Gulf of Berbera in his 15th century magnum opus The Book of the Benefits of the Principles and Foundations of Seamanship. In his description of the Somali coast and wider Indian Ocean he used the then contemporary reference to the Gulf as being named after Berbera like Abu'l-Fida before him.[11] Berbera has been a prominent port since antiquity[12]"
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