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**acissombiapse** · 06-27-2010, 07:28 AM

Which is why it would be surprising for them to identify with Addis Abeba before Mogadishu. You misread my comment.

Okay, I see what you were saying.

Ethiopia has had some sort of relations or presence in the region since Aksum is what I'm saying. Of course influence was two ways, no one said otherwise. But there was basically no contact with Southern Somalia until the modern period.

You can use the Ethiopian name for convenience but it would not be accurate if you stated the Ethiopian state had existed since the Aksumite time period or any time prior to the late 19th century AD. That's what I'm trying to get at.

I wasn't referring to Sahle Maryam in particular, but the efforts that began with the reign of Sahle Selassie. Anyway, of course there were other rises, but I was referring to a specific one. The trade route I'm talking about was always coming back to the forefront when Shewa was powerful.

What was Shewa's name before the expanding oromos conquered it and named it Shewa?

06-27-2010, 07:28 AM	#21
acissombiapse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 411 Senior Member	Which is why it would be surprising for them to identify with Addis Abeba before Mogadishu. You misread my comment. Okay, I see what you were saying. Ethiopia has had some sort of relations or presence in the region since Aksum is what I'm saying. Of course influence was two ways, no one said otherwise. But there was basically no contact with Southern Somalia until the modern period. You can use the Ethiopian name for convenience but it would not be accurate if you stated the Ethiopian state had existed since the Aksumite time period or any time prior to the late 19th century AD. That's what I'm trying to get at. I wasn't referring to Sahle Maryam in particular, but the efforts that began with the reign of Sahle Selassie. Anyway, of course there were other rises, but I was referring to a specific one. The trade route I'm talking about was always coming back to the forefront when Shewa was powerful. What was Shewa's name before the expanding oromos conquered it and named it Shewa?
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