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| | Somalia Emergence of Adal - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ... |
 | | In addition to southward migration, a second factor in Somali history from the fifteenth century onward was the emergence of centralized state systems. |
 | | The most important of these in medieval times was Adal, whose influence at the height of its power and prosperity in the sixteenth century extended from Saylac, the capital, through the fertile valleys of the Jijiga and the Harer plateau to the Ethiopian highlands. |
 | | Adal's fame derived not only from the prosperity and cosmopolitanism of its people, its architectural sophistication, graceful mosques, and high learning, but also from its conflicts with the expansionist Ethiopians. |
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