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Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa is the peninsula of north-eastern Africa comprising present-day Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. It was the arena of rivalry between the Adal Sultanate and the Ethiopian Empire. In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries it was the focus of the Italian Empire's colonial ambitions in Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia.

Horn of Africa
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Adal SultanateFoundation, Military, ImpactEthiopian EmpireImpactItalian EmpireFoundation, ImpactKingdom of SabaSocioeconomySouth YemenMilitary, ImpactRepublic of SomalilandSocioeconomy

Mentioned in 1 state history

Sultanate of Dahlak

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Horn of Africa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/horn-of-africa
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“Horn of Africa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/horn-of-africa. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Horn of Africa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/horn-of-africa.
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