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Luigi Menabrea — First Computer programmer
Enrico Fermi — Created the first nuclear reactor.
Federico Faggin — Creator of the microprocessor.
Italy hasn’t fallen off
In the 10th century the Somali kingdom of Mogadishu sent an armada and 26,000 troops to conquer Sumatra, but a storm drove them to Madagascar. Captivated by its beauty and fertility, they stayed, subjugated the island for eight months and raised pillars inscribed
"Mogadishu."
In the 10th century the Somali kingdom of Mogadishu sent an armada and 26,000 troops to conquer Sumatra, but a storm drove them to Madagascar. Captivated by its beauty and fertility, they stayed, subjugated the island for eight months and raised pillars inscribed
"Mogadishu."
A Sabaean temple built in Somalia in the 7th century BC, bearing inscriptions mentioning the Sabaean ruler Karibʾil Watar, son of Dhamarʿali, corresponding to one of the temples described by Strabo along the Somali coast.
A Sabaean temple built in Somalia in the 7th century BC, bearing inscriptions mentioning the Sabaean ruler Karibʾil Watar, son of Dhamarʿali, corresponding to one of the temples described by Strabo along the Somali coast.
Somalis were associated with the cult of Poseidon by the 3rd century BC, when Ariston, an explorer sent by Ptolemy II dedicated an altar to the god at Poseidonia on the Somali coast, a name suggesting the spread of Poseidon’s cult into the region by the time of Greek contact.
Somalis were associated with the cult of Poseidon by the 3rd century BC, when Ariston, an explorer sent by Ptolemy II dedicated an altar to the god at Poseidonia on the Somali coast, a name suggesting the spread of Poseidon’s cult into the region by the time of Greek contact.
The Somali city of Ophir supplied exotic goods to Tartessos in the 10th century BC including gold, ivory and peacocks, which were carried by Tartessian ships together with Phoenician ships back to Spain.
The Somali city of Ophir supplied exotic goods to Tartessos in the 10th century BC including gold, ivory and peacocks, which were carried by Tartessian ships together with Phoenician ships back to Spain.
In the 6th century Somali Christian crusaders took part in the invasion of the Jewish Himyarite Kingdom. Their intervention occurred alongside the Aksumite campaign in Yemen which culminated in the Christianization of the region as recorded in the Greek text Martyrdom of Arethas.