Toniki

Town in Lower Shabelle, Somalia

Toniki

Town

Country|  Somalia
Region| Lower Shabelle
District| Barawa
Time zone| UTC+3 (EAT)

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

## Overview

[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]

## See also

[edit]

* Miandi
* Nikon

## Notes

[edit]

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