Zeila in the sixteenth century becomes the…

1540 CE to 1683 CE

Zeila in the sixteenth century becomes the principal outlet for trade in coffee, gold, ostrich feathers, civet, and enslaved Ethiopians for the Middle East, China, and India.

The city emerges over time as the center of Muslim culture and learning, famed for its schools and mosques.

Eventually it becomes the capital of the medieval state of Adal, which in the sixteenth century fights off Christian Ethiopian domination of the highlands.

Between 1560 and 1660, Ethiopian expeditions repeatedly harried Zeila, which sinks into decay.

Locations
Zeila (Zaila) Woqooyi Galbeed Somalia View →

Groups
Arab people View → Persian people View → Somalis View → Islam View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View → Adal Sultanate View → Adal, Sultanate of View → Christians, Assyrian (Assyrian Church of the East) View → Adal Sultanate View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View →

Topics
Abyssinian–Adal war View → Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View →

Commodities
Hides and feathers View → Strategic metals View → Slaves View → Aroma compounds View → Stimulants View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Scholarship View →

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