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Somalia

Somalia is a region in the Horn of Africa along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. In antiquity it supplied aromatics such as frankincense and myrrh. Accounts of the Aksumite Empire list aromatics from Somalia among the goods traded through Aksum.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Somalia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/somalia
MLA: “Somalia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/somalia. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Somalia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/somalia.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Somalia’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/somalia (Accessed: ).

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