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History of Somalia
00:01:58 1 Prehistory
00:03:36 2 Ancient
00:03:44 2.1 Land of Punt
00:04:49 2.2 Macrobia Kingdom
00:06:02 2.3 Somali City States
00:07:52 3 Medieval
00:14:40 4 Early modern
00:21:14 5 19th century
00:26:12 6 20th century
00:36:06 7 "Somalia italiana" and World War II
00:38:58 8 Independence
00:43:25 9 Somali Democratic Republic
00:43:35 9.1 Supreme Revolutionary Council
00:45:35 9.2 Ogaden War
00:47:06 9.3 Rebellion
00:49:18 10 Somali Civil War
00:50:46 11 Decentralization
00:51:18 11.1 Civil law
00:52:45 11.2 Shari'a
00:54:01 11.3 Xeer
00:55:56 12 Recent history
00:56:05 12.1 Transitional National Government
00:57:10 12.2 Transitional Federal Institutions
00:58:05 12.3 Islamic Courts Union and Ethiopian intervention
01:00:54 12.4 Coalition government
01:06:10 12.5 Federal government
01:07:31 13 Timelines
01:07:40 13.1 Ancient
01:08:03 13.2 Muslim era
01:09:17 13.3 Modern era
01:10:28 13.4 World War II
01:10:48 13.5 Independence and Cold War
01:12:30 14 See also
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa.
Somalia was an important centre for commerce with the rest of the ancient world, and according to most scholars, it is among the most probable locations of the fabled ancient Land of Punt.During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including the Ajuran Sultanate, the Adal Sultanate, the Warsangali Sultanate, the Sultanate of the Geledi and the Majeerteen Sultanate.
In the late 19th century, through a succession of treaties with these kingdoms, the British and Italians gained control of parts of the coast, and established British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. In the interior, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's Dervish movement successfully repulsed the British Empire four times and forced it to retreat to the coastal region, but the Dervishes were finally defeated in 1920 by British airpower. Italy acquired full control of the northeastern, central and southern parts of the territory after successfully waging a Campaign of the Sultanates against the ruling Majeerteen Sultanate and the Sultanate of Hobyo. This occupation lasted until 1941 when it was replaced by a British military administration. Northwestern Somalia would remain a protectorate, while northeastern, central and southern Somalia by agreement became a United Nations Trusteeship on 1 April 1950, with a promise of independence after 10 years. On 1 July 1960, the two regions united as planned to form the independent Somali Republic under a civilian government. The Somali National Assembly, headed by Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, approved the act uniting the former Italian Somaliland with British Somaliland, establishing the Republic of Somalia.
