nikon, somalia, this, article, about, ancient, port, people, with, this, name, nikon, ancientnikonlocation, somaliacity, state, existed, centurynikon, alternatively, spelled, nicon, ancient, greek, Νίκων, romanized, níkōn, proto, somali, ancient, coastal, empo. This article is about the ancient port For people with this name see Nikon AncientNikonLocation SomaliaCity state existed 2nd centuryNikon alternatively spelled Nicon Ancient Greek Nikwn romanized Nikōn was a proto Somali ancient coastal emporium in the Horn of Africa It was described in the 1st century CE Greco Roman travelogue the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as being situated in the vicinity of Port Dunford Bur Gao in the southern Jubaland region of present day Somalia 1 See also editSarapion Maritime history of SomaliaReferences edit Mokhtar G 1990 Ancient Civilizations of Africa University of California Press p 311 ISBN 0520066979 Retrieved 1 November 2014 nbsp This Somalia location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nikon Somalia amp oldid 1166731914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
