Where is horn of africa

The Kingdom of Aksum also known as the Aksumite Empire was an ancient empire that flourished between the 1st and 7th century A. Around C. Ivory, highly desired worldwide for its aesthetic value and rarity, was a key commodity traded along these routes.

The kingdom of Aksum became the first major empire to adopt Christianity. Frankincense, myrrh, and spices were all prized luxuries to the Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans, Babylonians, and Romans, and Somali sailors and merchants were the principal suppliers. As a result, the territory became known as Regio Aromatica among the Romans. Several wealthy Somali city-states, such as Opone, and Mosylon, competed with the Sabaeans, Parthians, and Axumites for the lucrative Indo-Greco-Roman trade throughout the classical era.

Skip to main content. Turn off Animations. Turn on Animations. Sign In. It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Based in Djibouti. International Crisis Group - Horn of Africa "independent organisation working to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world.

Latest articles from Formerly at University of Bradford, Bradford, U. Information on the history, society, economy, politics, national security of each country. Parts of the handbooks not included in the online edition are the bibliographies, tables, maps, photos; these will be added later. The Horn also contains numerous bird species, including golden-winged grosbeak, black boubou, and Djibouti spurfowl. The region also hosts the highest number of endemic reptiles than any other part of Africa.

Of the reptile species, 90 are endemic. There are about 5, vascular plant species in the Horn, of which over 2, species are endemic.

Most endemic species belong to two plant families; Dirachmaceae and Barbeyaceae. The strait was much narrower and the sea level much lower, facilitating easy migration onto the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East. One of the earliest kingdoms that reigned over the region was the Macrobia, reputed for its wealth and architecture.

These small city-states dominated the Somali Coast and developed competitive trade networks in an ancient region known as Barbaria. It was the first major kingdom to adopt Christianity. The birth and spread of Islam on the Arabian Peninsula meant that the new religion influenced the Horn region through merchant and Arabs traders arriving there.