Nomads Trading with Empires: Intercultural Trade in Ancient Somaliland. ancient Somaliland tradesmen was making bank. niggas was wealthier than the average Roman laborer
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/f ... 086/718184
[Somaliland archeological] research has confirmed that the nomads had high purchasing power, which was already known from Révoil’s collection. This should come as no surprise: pastoralists have already been shown to have access to luxury goods, including gold jewelry, in other areas, such as Late Roman Egypt,93 thanks to their control of key resources and routes. Yet due to the influence of classical texts and limited archaeological knowledge, the commodities acquired by nomads are still often referred to as “commonplace,” “inexpensive,” or “low value.”94 The distribution of imports throughout the necropolis of Xiis indicates that Révoil’s finds were not a unicum and that high-quality goods from the Roman and Parthian empires were arriving in Somaliland in good numbers during the first centuries CE (fig. 22). Among the clearest evidence of such purchasing power are the glass plaques and tiles embedded in boxes, with close parallels in the royal tomb
thacoolguysomal I thought about calling it something like ancient international trade by ancient somalis but they chose that title
besides we ain't talking ethnic group or nation. but i'ma willing to give credit to Wasakhgalis here. this shit happen before Isak existed. maybe it was all accomplished by Wasakhgali's before Isak pushed 'em to east Badhan district