Toniki

Toniki

Toniki

Town in Lower Shabelle, Somalia

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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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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  1. [1]
    M: The Map Collector. Map Collector Publications. 1989. p. 44.
  2. [2]
    Reade (2013). Indian Ocean In Antiquity. Routledge. p. 452. ISBN 978-1136155314.
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