Editing Opone (section)

{{Short description|Ancient proto-Somali trading center}}{{About|the historical city|the modern city|Hafun}}
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| '''Location'''
|[[Hafun]], [[Somalia]]<ref>Periplus of Erythraean Sea</ref>
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| '''City-state existed:'''
| 1st millennium BC–500 AD
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'''Opone''' ({{langx|grc|Ὀπώνη ἐμπόριον}}) was an ancient [[seaport]] and [[Emporium (antiquity)|emporium]] located in present-day [[Somalia]]. It is primarily known for its trade with the [[Ancient Egypt]]ians, [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]], [[Persian Empire|Persians]], and the states of [[History of India|ancient India]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buch |first=Maganlal Amritlal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JGlMAAAAMAAJ |title=Economic Life in Ancient India: A Systematic Survey |date=1924 |pages=249 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Valdron |first=D. G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Z14EAAAQBAJ&q=trading+post+Opone+ |title=Dawn of Cthulhu: Strange Realities, Volume 1 |date=2017 |publisher=Fossil Cove Press |isbn=978-0-9879061-5-1 |pages=17–18 |language=en}}</ref> The historic port has been identified with the city of [[Hafun]] through archaeological remains.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shaw |first1=Ian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HKDtlPuM2oC&q=Opone+hafun+ |title=A Dictionary of Archaeology |last2=Jameson |first2=Robert |date=2008-04-15 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-75196-1 |language=en}}</ref> It is possible that it corresponds to the [[Land of Punt]] as known by the ancient Egyptians during the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old]], [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle]], and [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/punt/|title=Punt|newspaper=Ancient History Encyclopedia|access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Pharmacographia|first1=Friedrich August|last1=Flückiger|first2=Daniel|last2=Hanbury|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781108069304|date=2014-03-20|page=136|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTTeAgAAQBAJ&q=opone+punt&pg=PA136}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=In Search of Myths & Heroes: Exploring Four Epic Legends of the World|first=Michael|last=Wood|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520247246|date=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/insearchofmythsh00mich/page/155 155]|url=https://archive.org/details/insearchofmythsh00mich|url-access=registration|quote=opone punt.}}</ref>