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By Christropher Ehret
In the northern part of the Eastern Horn, change of much less sweeping sorts characterized the end of the last millenium B.C and the first five centuries A.D.
The most notable external impact came through the growth of seagoing trade in the Red Sea. At the turn of the era, several significant trading emporia existed along the southern shores of the Gulf of Aden, the most significant of these being at Malao (present-day Berbera). Other commercial sites included Mundu (Modern Hais) and Mosyllon (Modern Elayu; or Ceelaayo). A good variety of of commodities were imported at these locations, such as clothing, drinking vessels, iron wares, and Roman coins. A lesser range of goods passed into the outward bound trade----mainly raw materials, in particular myrhh from Malao and frankincense from Mundu and Mosyllon. Tortoise shell also was a valued product of those coasts. (refer to Lionel Casson, The periplus Maris Erythraei Princeton)