The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa. Located on the easternmost...
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by region: North Africa for stone and rammed earth, the Horn of Africa for stone and mortar, West Africa for mud/adobe, Central Africa for thatch/wood...
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Conflicts in the Horn of Africa have been occurring since the 17th century BCE. The Horn of Africa includes the modern day nation states of Djibouti, Eritrea...
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United States, the US Navy decided to step up its activities around the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, by establishing in stages a multinational anti-piracy...
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Southeast and Southern Africa. Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel. Saharan...
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written history arose in Ancient Egypt, and later in Nubia’s Kush, the Horn of Africa’s Dʿmt, and the Maghreb's and Ifrikiya's Carthage. Sub-Saharan societies...
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Frankincense (redirect from Health benefits of frankincense)
bhau-dajiana): Horn of Africa.: 487 It is a synonym of Boswellia sacra Boswellia carteri (older spelling Boswellia carterii): Horn of Africa, Nubia.: 10 ...
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south of the Sahara were divided into three broad ancestral groups: Hamites and Semites in the Horn of Africa and Sahel related to those in North Africa, who...
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The 2020–present Horn of Africa drought is an ongoing drought that hit the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The rainy season of 2022 was recorded...
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Province of Alexandria is a province of the Anglican Communion. Its territory was formerly the Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa. On...
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Horn of Africa, where Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa is located (overseeing Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa), and the Gulf of...
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the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa to Mozambique, including Madagascar. Central Africa is the large mass at the center of Africa which either does not...
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Somali (section Horn of Africa)
the free dictionary. Somali Peninsula, a region of East Africa, also known as "The Horn of Africa" Somalis, an inhabitant or ethnicity associated with...
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Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) is a joint task force of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). It originated under Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa...
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horror film Horn of Africa Horn District, Austria Horn, Austria Horn (am Bodensee), Baden-Württemberg, Germany Horn, Hamburg, Germany Horn Island (Mississippi)...
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invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa, namely Hararghe and western Somaliland, was part of a conflict in the Horn of Africa between the Sultan of Aussa...
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Ishaaq bin Ahmed (category Year of death unknown)
the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa. He is regarded the Sayyid forefather of the Isaaq clan-family in the Horn of Africa, whose traditional territory...
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of North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Sahel, the Swahili Coast, and West Africa, with minority immigrant populations in South Africa. The presence of Islam...
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parts of the British East Africa Protectorate and German East Africa. Further extending East Africa's definition, the Horn of Africa—comprising Djibouti, Eritrea...
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Hawala (section Horn of Africa)
the world, they are primarily located in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Hawala follows Islamic traditions...
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Sheikh (category Titles of national or ethnic leadership)
responsible for mobilizing their kinsmen in the event of war. In the Muslim parts of the Horn of Africa, "shaikh" is often used as a noble title. In Somali...
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of Africa situated in and around the Red Sea. The region is intermediate between North Africa and East Africa, and encompasses the Horn of Africa (Djibouti...
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Caste (section Horn of Africa)
lowest status equal only to slaves." The Borana Oromo of southern Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa also have a class system, wherein the Wata, an acculturated...
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Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (OEF-HOA) is a component of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) is...
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the modern day Somali administrative region at the tip of the Horn of Africa is named in honor of this ancient kingdom. The earliest recorded ancient Egyptian...
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The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The...
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Cave painting (category Art of the Upper Paleolithic)
African rock art. (In the caves of western Europe, by contrast, pictures of animals cover the walls and human figures are rare.) In southern Africa,...
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fifth-dynasty ruler of Egypt, King Sahure, recorded the earliest attested expedition to the land of Punt, the modern day Horn of Africa (particularly Somalia)...
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Ethio-Semitic languages (redirect from Horn of Africa Semitic languages)
is now Ethiopia, others northeast out of Africa into Canaan, Syria and the Mesopotamian valley. The division of Ethiopic into northern and southern branches...
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Pastoral society (section North & Northeast Africa)
Africa Rendille of the Horn of Africa Saho of the Horn of Africa Somalis of the Horn of Africa Tigre of the Horn of Africa Tuareg of the north-central...
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