Any natural harbours in SL?

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

[Cumar-Labasuul]

Berbera is a natural harbour, which is why it was used for the last century as the main port and then gradually turned into a deep sea port.
As for others there's a lagoon few kms east of berbera, the one abuukar always mentions (kor shoori)

[ZubeirAwal]

Berbera is a natural harbour, which is why it was used for the last century as the main port and then gradually turned into a deep sea port.
As for others there's a lagoon few kms east of berbera, the one abuukar always mentions (kor shoori)

Last century? sxb berbera was a port used since the abbasid caliphate, it , along with Zaylac were the two main sources of trade for Islam in east africa, including important cities like Harar.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

Actually, Berbera was a major port long before the Abbasids. It existed in classical times and was a major trade depot for phoenicians, greeks, himyarites, Indians etc. In fact the name Berbera comes from the ancient Greek name for somalis "Barbaroi" and was named "Bilad al Barbar" by the Arabs.

I was actually asking about other places other than the obvious Berbera.

[ZubeirAwal]

Actually, Berbera was a major port long before the Abbasids. It existed in classical times and was a major trade depot for phoenicians, greeks, himyarites, Indians etc. In fact the name Berbera comes from the ancient Greek name for somalis "Barbaroi" and was named "Bilad al Barbar" by the Arabs.

I was actually asking about other places other than the obvious Berbera.

I don't understand why its called berbera, and there are somali lookin folks up in mauritania that are called berbers or some sht, i'm confused when it comes to the origin of the name, did non-somalis found this city?

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

I don't know when somalis started to inhabit Somalia, but it may have been during the classical times i.e. any time between 6th century BCE and the 4th century CE. But I don't think we were there before that. Quite clearly the cave drawings of Laas Geel were painted by some other people who either died out or were incorporated/assimilated into the somali genepool. berbera was the first place somalis lived before conquering the central and southern regions.