Grandpa you will have to wait to see...
BlackVelvet: It was fear, the GeelJir mind knew only to protect it's hierarchical social order based on quantity of camels owned. If they had given the blacksmiths or the Doctors or the astrologers or the vast many other skilled people an opportunity as equals they feared loss of their status and wealth. Controlling the exchange rate at which goods are traded determined power and status...
Rabshole: I will think about biyomaal even though their story won't give me enough of a mystery to solve..
2ndtoNone: Indeed It took the Jews 4000 years to find a way to create a state the Gabooye have only been wondering 400years but anything is possible. What is funny is the number of similarities one of the Sub clans of Madhibaan is Eyl... Eyl in Hebrew means 1st born. The Story of sheik Al Konin of the Yibir people who died in Aw-Barkhadle has some similaries to
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Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 via a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.
Is it possible this guy somehow heard of the Somali Yibir story and then turned it into a hollywood blockbuster???
P.s In the North Yibir consider them selves seperate from Gaboye while in southern parts of Somalia they acknowledge relations.