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Aromata Historian

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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."

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@thetheoristv7 Malagasy breaking free from the Kingdom of Mogadishu circa 1200AD

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In the tenth century, 1,000 Omani vessels traded with the Somalis, strengthening commercial ties between Mogadishu and Oman.

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Somali ivory adorned the mother-of-pearl-inlaid pillars of Chūson-ji’s Golden Hall in Hiraizumi, Japan, which was built under Fujiwara no Kiyohira of the Northern Fujiwara dynasty in the early 12th century.

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Somali ivory adorned the mother-of-pearl-inlaid pillars of Chūson-ji’s Golden Hall in Hiraizumi, Japan, which was built under Fujiwara no Kiyohira of the Northern Fujiwara dynasty in the early 12th century.

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@Brandon_140643 @AjaxxStone @Godfrey1412635 @FuentesUpdates Wrong again

Roman expansion, European scholarship, and Spanish and French colonial empires was the reason it became the default. The English just reinforced its use.

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@Brandon_140643 @AjaxxStone @Godfrey1412635 @FuentesUpdates The Spaniards and French would say otherwise

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@Brandon_140643 @AjaxxStone @Godfrey1412635 @FuentesUpdates He says, typing in the Latin script

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@RetreatF0rward @Godfrey1412635 @FuentesUpdates Wrong

Luigi Menabrea — First Computer programmer
Enrico Fermi — Created the first nuclear reactor.
Federico Faggin — Creator of the microprocessor.

Italy hasn’t fallen off

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@Jerrysi35329088 @Godfrey1412635 @FuentesUpdates Thank you these people know nothing of what they talk about

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@existentialwhy @_artsartsarts Probably the Midlands

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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."

[Ἀπολλώνιος @Malassay1]

@Yookay_ @DIAS No need to lie

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@MOUSA_A_I @HellenicEchoes Perfect

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@MarkOConnell1 @biznuz_nunya @WoahOptimistic

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@Bl00d3clypse The Kingdom of Jerusalem has to account for something

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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.

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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.

[Ἀπολλώνιος @Malassay1]

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.

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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.