Originally posted by Kool_Kat: quote:Originally posted by Dhulqarnayn -alSumaale: kow labo kow what the....beenieman learned af somali loool rest was cool though i liked Abayada the REMIX beanieman stops by too in this song lol LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL@beanieman...Waa yaabay anigee markii the Reggae partka la heesaayo maxaa codka loo weyneenaa...lol...BUYAKA BUYAKA...Very original indeed... Dhahar is my fav, so far... BTW, shimuu wiilka XXL magazine cover kiisa la gu soo masawiray? Hmmmm... i put it on MAX..three jamaicans across the street dropped everything and started busting some dancehall moves loool j/k j/k but it reminded me of beanieman though Aar is really good :cool:

Yes several of them dissappeared but the Paikuli inscriptions show a political and commercial relationship with the Kingdom of Zand in Somalia and the Sassanid rulers of Iran in the 3rd century AD which probably lasted till the 6th century Cosmas as late as the 6th century noted the abundance in trade on the East African plateau and excavations in Somalia uncovered Parthian and Sassanid ceramics/coins from the 1st century AD till the 5/6th century AD the Arab conquest of the Sassanid Empire insured Arab access to this profitable trade and yes most of the silk route caravans and ships came under their domination(since most of it went through ports and lands under their jurisdiction) the collapse of the Roman Empire played a factor in the decline of this trade(though Byzantine continued a healthy trade with East African ports in other commodities) the collapse of Sassanid Persia is another.

Map of the world based on the writings of Herodotus(5th c B.C) Somalia was known as the Macrobian Kingdom The World 150 AD Mossyllon must have risen to prominance in the second century AD

a small 40 km peninsula(Hafun) and a few well known ports from the Medieval era in the South and that was it, neither the Southern and Central interior that's littered with old stone towns from the Ajjuuraan Period or the coastal north littered with remains of Adal,Zand etc have been given any attention treasures yes but not for ''Sale'' there suppossed to inspire the young ones not profit the myopic ones if the Laas Geel Rock paintings in the North or the Coral stone towns in the South were exportable they would have been gone..Aaaaalong time ago

Originally posted by Legend of Zu: Don't you hate when you respond to someone and someone else's post comes in between.. loool The restless

loooooooooool proteinshake which movie (both foreign or Hollywood) topped your best list of 2007

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Adulis(Massawah's) distance from Assab is roughly 600/700 km(Eritrea's M.L coastline is 1151 km) so it would fit perfectly with Assab or a place in Djibouti close to the Eritrean border but Saylac on the other hand is much further away from Adulis(Massawah)[around 1100/1200 km] It wouldn't matter to me though since these are names of Emporiums from millenia's ago but this point of view makes sense.

^Joseph II falling of his horse was the funniest part, this is great material for a classic comedy

K'naan I was stabbed by Satan on the DAY that i was born i was promised Loving but instead i was torn lala lala my heart bled fears lala lala my eyes shed tears ---- Will you return one day to the Motherland to settle down permanently?

Interesting but if Avalites is Saylac then the distance from Massawah(Adulis) to Saylac is alot more than 4000 stadia(distance between Adulis and Avalites), it makes more sense for Assab to be Avalites and Malao to be Saylac( and one does not have to take the Assab port literally as a 'starting point' when measuring) Though Muhammad Megalommatis is extremly anti-Ethiopia he makes sense with his identification of Assab with Avalites Avalites in the Periplus of the Red Sea Text 7. From this place the Arabian Gulf trends toward the east and becomes narrowest just before the Gulf of Avalites. After about four thousand stadia, for those sailing eastward along the same coast, there are other Berber market-towns, known as the 'far-side' ports; lying at intervals one after the other, without harbors but having roadsteads where ships can anchor and lie in good weather. The first is called Avalites; to this place the voyage from Arabia to the far-side coast is the shortest. Here there is a small market-town called Avalites, which must be reached by boats and rafts. There are imported into this place, flint glass, assorted; juice of sour grapes from Diospolis; dressed cloth, assorted, made for the Berbers; wheat, wine, and a little tin. There are exported from the same place, and sometimes by the Berbers themselves crossing on rafts to Ocelis and Muza on the opposite shore, spices, a little ivory, tortoise-shell, and a very little myrrh, but better than the rest. And the Berbers who live in the place are very unruly. Analysis 1. Where lies Avalites? Based on this chapter's text, we are inclined to identify Avalites with Assab (at the southernmost end of the Eritrean coast, nearby the Djibouti borders) rather than Zeila (present Seylac at the borders of Somaliland with Djibouti). There are two reasons for this identification, first the distance mentioned in the text, and second the reference to Avalites as the narrowest point to cross the Red Sea to Yemen. Even if we agree that the ancient mariners sailed straightforward down to today's Seylac (without sailing around the Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti), the distance from Adulis (near today's Massawa) to Zeila is much more than 4000 or rather 4800 stadia, to put it correctly. In this regard we should also take into consideration the reference in chapter 5 to another part of the Red Sea navigation: "And about eight hundred stadia beyond there is another very deep bay, with a great mound of sand piled up at the right of the entrance; at the bottom of which the opsian stone is found, and this is the only place where it is produced". The calculation mentioned in the aforementioned excerpt concerns the distance from Adulis to another bay further in the south for which the text offers us natural description but no name; we can identify this bay with the Ghela'elo bay before Tio in Eritrea. (For modern itinerary narration and pictures: http://www.asmera.nl/eritrea2003/eritrea-2003-14.htm). It is from this point that the author of the Periplus of the Red Sea calculates 4000 stadia further trip to Avalites in his chapter 7. The total distance (4800 stadia) information prohibits any identification of Zeyla/Seylac with Avalites.

Sorry bro, i've tried several forums but nothing. i will keep looking.

James nice map but Assab is Avalites Saylac is too far away from Adulis to be indentified with Avalites and don't confuse ''claims'' with actual ''possession'' none of them were actual colonies of Sabeaens ex: the King of Pate claimed in the 16th century to controll the whole East African coast from Somalia to Mozambique in reality this never happened cause this would put him in direct conflict with the Monomopatan Empire and the Ajjuuraan Empire and that type of power projection is something Pate never had. Your simply repeating what Chittick and co. did in 80's omitting the indiginous people only this time you replaced the Arabs and Persians with the Sabeaens(who most likely looked no different from their Ethiopian and Somali business partners see there descendents:Pic1Pic2) Nikon and Serapion have been identified with Barawa and Mogadishu and Ras Hafun is Ancient Opone. About the excavation projects i personally rather have those artifacts remained burried untill a patriotic government rises i hate to see them getting caught up in the destruction like other objects before them The Clash between Local and Western Heritage Theory and Practice: A Case Study from Somalia The state of Somali cultural heritage can be summarized as one that has totally lacked protection and preservation measures in the past and present. During the colonial times and after independence, all excavated artifacts weremoved out of the country. Furthermore, a lack of interest for indigenous vies and ways of preserving the past, both astangible and intangible, was reflected by the displays of the ethnographic museums of Somalia. A contributing factor to this lack of discourse was the former Somali government’s total disregard of its people’s heritage. The collapse of this dictatorship government in 1991 and the civil war that followed promoted a still ongoing looting and destruction which still is totally neglected by the international community. However, from the perspective of heritage theory, I argue that the failure of the protection and preservation of Somali cultural heritage is mainly due to the clash between local and universal’ views and methods of its preservation. Heritage protection and preservation methodologies must be linked to the cultural context. I also argue that archaeological research should be part of post-conflict reconstruction strategy,and provide possibilities for reconciliation and local community development opportunities-Sada Mire

The Battle of Karánsebes took place on the evening of 17 September 1788, between different portions of an Austrian army which was scouting for forces of the Ottoman Empire. The army of Austria, approximately 100,000 strong, was setting up camp around the town of Karánsebes (now Caransebeş, in modern Romania). The army's vanguard, a contingent of hussars, crossed the Timiş River nearby to scout for the presence of the Ottoman Turks. There was no sign of the Ottoman army, but the hussars did run into a group of Gypsies, who offered to sell schnapps to the war-weary soldiers. The cavalrymen bought the schnapps and started to drink. Soon afterwards, some infantry crossed the river. When they saw the party going on, the infantry demanded alcohol for themselves. The hussars refused to give them any of the schnapps, and while still drunk, they set up makeshift fortifications around the barrels. A heated argument ensued, and one soldier fired a shot. Immediately, the hussars and infantry engaged in combat with one another. During the conflict, some infantry began shouting "Turcii! Turcii!" (Romanian for "The Turks! The Turks!"). The hussars fled the scene, thinking that the Ottoman army’s attack was imminent. Most of the infantry also ran away; the army comprised Italians from Lombardy, Slavs from the Balkans, and Austrians, plus other minorities, many of whom could not understand each other. While it is not clear which one of these groups did so, they gave the false warning without telling the others, who promptly fled. The situation was made worse when officers, in an attempt to restore order, shouted "Halt! Halt!" which was misheard by soldiers with no knowledge of German as "Allah! Allah!". As the cavalry ran through the camps, a corps commander reasoned that it was a cavalry charge by the Ottoman army, and ordered artillery fire. Meanwhile, the entire camp awoke to the sound of battle and, rather than waiting to see what the situation was, everyone fled. The troops fired at every shadow, thinking the Ottomans were everywhere; in reality they were shooting fellow Austrian soldiers. The incident escalated to the point where the whole army retreated from the imaginary enemy, and Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II was pushed off his horse into a small creek. Two days later, the Ottoman army arrived. They discovered no fewer than 10,000 killed and wounded soldiers. :eek: source

kow labo kow what the....beenieman learned af somali loool rest was cool though i liked Abayada the REMIX beanieman stops by too in this song lol

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Originally posted by WILDCAT: ^ He goes to the gym solely for his wife's benefit? Now that's dedication. That must really be a love match. Actually he used to be a very strong violent person he was the guy i would always run to as a kid if i had problems with the Yugoslavians and Antilians because unlike my brothers he was crazy but now all of that energy goes into the gym and he stopped smoking aswell so his wife was/is clearly a positive factor in his life lol@modesty i'm Arnold jr

My brother's childhood friend who i consider a brother too was never really a muscular type of guy he looked normal but today we call him Arnold, all because of his wife who wanted a ripped husband and he adapted those who take a defeatist attitude will never become a satisfied individual those who try will have a much healthier life, but just remember there is a flipside to this adaption; your husband will want to have his own little wishes come true aswell

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Go for a muslim Ajanabi then sister, Somali women have flaws but we men adapt. If you cannot teach your Somali man romance then maybe your not that romantic after all. I remember a goodlooking friend of mine who could have easily eloped with a morrocan or a turkish girl in NL but the poor guy was in love with a Somali girl and he did the whole ''one knee and a ring'' routine at a restaurant and she rejected him but accepted a non muslim Ajanabi later on and look at her today children,divorced,debt it's a true mess know the difference between reality and Fantasy sister!

This is getting old and lame: In a time where Somalia has been prominent primarily for gruesome intertribal warfare,famine and Anarchy it is difficult to picture it as the home of traders who were rather ''hard bargainers'' exchanging precious commodities such as myrrh,incense and spices for glass stones,clothing,grain,wine,tin,iron and gold and silver coins - Carol Meyer Sur less routes antiques Fact of the matter is if NFD and SomaliGalbeed were allready part of Somalia in 1960 and not illegally given to other nations todays reality would have looked different and Somalia wouldn't have been so authoritarian in 70s and 80s and all of our rescources would have been put in many other sectors like education. The dictatorship might have never happened and Somalia today would have been in a much better state and at peace with it's neighbours The Ancient Babylon/Akkad/Assyria/Abassid nation is today burning yet these same people are prosperous in other nations what does this mean? Iraqies are only productive in other nations? or are there external players putting fuel on the fire?

New Mall in Minnesota A new Somali Mall was opened in Minnesota with the blessing of Mayor R. Tryback and CEO of African Development Center Hussein Samatar Well done reer Minnesota

Somali Football defies adversity The Miracle worker Abdi Gaal Good stories don't want to lose them, i might need them one day

Mogadishu University (MU): Young Women Scholarship Fundraising Luncheon an Overwhelming success Monday, December 17, 2007 Mogadishu University in collaboration with Somali Intellectual Women’s Group in Nairobi hosted its first “Young Women Scholarship” fundraising luncheon on December 8, 2007 at Hilton Hotel in Nairobi. It marked the launching of MU national campaign targeting 1000 female student scholarships. The luncheon was attended by over 200 guests. Along with the Somali community in Nairobi, international community, Non governmental organizations and representatives from various UN agencies were present. Due to the wide disparity between male-female student ratio, MU established a special scholarship for female students besides the general scholarship for all students. This scholarship “Young Women Leadership Scholarship” aims to empower women by offering scholarships to gifted female students at MU; female students who show excellence in their higher education. The scholarship is designed to produce competitive women at all levels of leadership and in the labor market. Prior to the fundraising event, the organizing committee was able to raise 230 scholarships. Moreover, during the luncheon more than 70 full scholarships were raised covering the entire cost of study for 4 years. Each full 4 year scholarship costs $2000. After lunch, Mogadishu University presented a praiseworthy short video about its achievements – in which the participants were truly captivated. There were host of guest speakers that spoke at the luncheon, including, prominent speakers who expressed their support and commitment to this noble cause. Last but not least, the keynote speaker Dr. Ali Sheikh Ahmed, President of Mogadishu University, took the stage. Dr. Ahmed reminded the audience the importance of women and mothers in our religion and society – especially how critical educated women are for the rebuilding of our war ravaged nation. He also reiterated that MU was established to educate the young generation and instill hope regardless of their present situation. In conclusion, MU President called upon the people of Somalia, higher education institutions and international community to make women’s rights and their education a higher priority. And expressed his sincere gratitude to all those who participated and contributed in any capacity. May Allah reward those who give for women's education SOURCE:Mogadishu University, December 17, 2007-Hiiraannews