Brief history of Somalia

The country of the Somalia, much of it dry and inhospitable, has for thousands of years been close to civilization and international trade. To the north, is Saba, the land of the legendary Queen of Sheba and the earliest part of Arabia to prosper. To the west is Ethiopia, where the kingdom of Aksum was established by the 5th century BC.
Situated on the so-called Horn of Africa, jutting out into the India Ocean, Somalia's harbours are natural ports of call for traders sailing to and from India. So the coastline of the region is much visited by foreigners, in particular Arabs and Iranians. 
The victory of the Muslims over the Quraysh in the 7th century had a significant impact on Somalia's merchants and sailors, and the major trading routes in the Mediterranean sea  and the Red sea came under the sway of the Muslims. Through commerce, Islam spread amongst the Somali population in the coastal cities of Somalia. Instability in the Arabian Peninsula saw a lot of  migrations of Arabs  to Somalia's coastal cities. The century between 1150 and 1250 marked a decisive turn in the role of Islam in Somali history. The Somalis were a prosperous Muslim nation during that period. 
Trading relations were established with many countries in the 15th century with ambergris cloth  and Porcelain being the main items of the trade. Trading were also opened to the Chinese with the exporting of animals such as Zebras and Giraffes.
In the 16th century, many ships from the modern-day India sailed to Mogadishu with spices and cloth which they swapped for wax, ivory and gold. On the coastal markets, fruit,meat,barley,wheat and even horses made merchants very rich men.
In the late 19th century European powers had an interest in Africa this caused the Horn of Africa s nations to stand together and start a colonial war. Somalia from the early nineties to 2006,  was regarded as a real-world example of bad society with a poor legal system. Since the fall of the government in early 1991, there had been no permanent government in Somalia until the current transitional one.  The areas, including the capital Mogadishu, were divided into smaller territories ruled by violent Warlords. In many areas there were no formal regulations or licensing requirements for businesses and individuals.Somalia is currently claimed as a sovereign territory by the internationally recognized Government of Somalia.