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Cushitic-speaking peoples

5000 BC – 1917
CultureAfrica

Broad ethnolinguistic grouping (Somali, Oromo, Afar, Sidama, Beja and related peoples) descended from Proto-Cushitic speakers established on the Ethiopian Highlands by 5000-4000 BCE; pastoralist and highland-agricultural populations of the Horn across the whole span covered by the atlas's Aksum/Dʿmt/Adal/Ajuran-era records.

Not an ending: Cushitic-speaking peoples — Somali, Oromo, Afar, Beja and kin — remain the great nations of the Horn. The map hands off to the states and colonies of the region.

Borders in 5000 BC · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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