13th-17th centuries - Ajuran Sultanate dominates much of the Horn of Africa before collapsing into rival regional sultanates. 1875 - Egypt occupies towns on Somali coast and parts of the interior.

7th-19th Centuries - From the 7th-Century arrival of Islam onwards, modern-day Somalia is ruled by a series of at times competing sultanates.. 19th Century - European colonial powers gradually ...

7th-19th Centuries - From the 7th-Century arrival of Islam onwards, modern-day Somalia is ruled by a series of at times competing sultanates.. 19th Century - European colonial powers gradually ...

Somalia is a perfect expression of the metaphor. ... How about the fissiparous constellation of sultanates? Or, better yet, let’s blame it on Cold War eye-pokery, ...

Foreign News: In Somali/and. 1 minute read. TIME. November 2, ... Since that time the sultanates of Obbia and Mijertins have been allowed to retain their de facto autonomy, ...

In the 1920s, Italy took over the north-eastern sultanates of the country, forming Italian Somaliland. The Somali people, however, never lost sight of their dream of a united and independent nation.

From the seventh to the 19th century, Somalia and neighbouring regions were ruled by a series of Sultanates, with Islam’s Sunni subsect being the primary religion.