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Toniki (Ancient Greek: Τωνική) was an ancient proto-Somali market town on the coast of the southeastern Lower Shabelle province of Somalia.
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[edit]Toniki is believed to have been situated in the vicinity of Makasi in the present-day Barawa District.[1]
It was one of a series of ancient commercial ports along the coast of Somalia, which were described in the 1st century CE Greco-Roman travelogue the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, as well as in Ptolemy's Geographia.[1] Nearby market towns included Essina and Sarapion to the immediate north.[2]
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[edit]- ^ a b M: The Map Collector. Map Collector Publications. 1989. p. 44.
- ^ Reade (2013). Indian Ocean In Antiquity. Routledge. p. 452. ISBN 978-1136155314.