East African Coin Finds and Their Historical Significance

Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P.

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“…We know that ancient China traded with this region from the Tan dynasty (indirectly), and from Song-Yuan, China had a very detailed knowledge of places like Berbera (Pu bo li) on the Red Sea as well as other southern Somali towns such as Barawa (Bu la wa) and Mogadishu (Mu Ga Di Su) (Anshan 2012). Anshan's work outlines many ancient expeditions both from the Horn of Africa and from China as well as including a critique of Freeman-Greenville (1960), which often is cited for information about these early Chinese relations.…”

Section: Settlement Trade and Pre-islamic Urban Archaeology (Ca Tenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: Religion, Art, Script, Time, Urbanism, Trade and Empire

Mire

2015

Afr Archaeol Rev

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This paper presents the results of some of the surveys conducted to map archaeological sites of Somaliland and includes almost 100 new and previously unpublished sites. The survey work was conducted by several of Somaliland's Department of Archaeology staff, including Mohamed Ali Abdi, a Departmental survey officer, and the present author. This report is an archaeological testimony to the social complexity and cultural diversity of this region as a cultural crossroads for millennia, being strategically located on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. However, the maps by no means exhaust the number of archaeological sites known to us in Somaliland. The region had vast Cushitic, pre-Christian and pre-Islamic Empires that at times formed part of the Himyarite and Sabaean cultures of Southern Arabia, the Aksumite Empire and early Islamic Empires of the Horn of Africa. The coastal populations were active seafarers according to Greek records as well as archaeological remains, linking to the Phoenician and Graeco-Roman worlds. They also formed part of an early global economy including the Silk Road. Islamic Empires of the Horn of Africa show an enormous wealth of long-distance trade-including material from Tang Dynasty to Ming Dynasty China-and the magnitude of some of their capitals such as the ruined town and burials of Aw-Barkhadle.Résumé Cet article présente les résultats d'un certain nombre d'études sur la cartographie de sites archéologiques du Somaliland. Il comprend près de 100 nouveaux sites inédits et non publiés. Le travail d'enquête a été mené par plusieurs membres du Département d'Archéologie du Somaliland, sous la direction de Mohamed Ali Abdi, ainsi que par l'auteur du présent rapport. Cependant, les cartes ne sont nullement une énumération exhaustive du nombre de sites archéologiques connus au Somaliland. Ce témoignage archéologique traite de la complexité sociale et de la diversité culturelle de cette région, en tant que carrefour culturel depuis des millénaires, stratégiquement situé Afr Archaeol Rev (2015) 32:111-136

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Section: Settlement Trade and Pre-islamic Urban Archaeology (Ca Tenmentioning

confidence: 99%