Toniki Explained

Official Name:Toniki
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Somalia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Somalia.
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Somalia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lower Shabelle
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Barawa
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Toniki (Ancient Greek: Τωνική) was an ancient proto-Somali market town on the coast of the southeastern Lower Shabelle province of Somalia.

Overview

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: M: The Map Collector. 1989. Map Collector Publications. 44.
  2. Book: Reade. Indian Ocean In Antiquity. 2013. Routledge. 978-1136155314. 452.