Massawa is a port city (N 15°37, E 39°27') on the southern stretch of the African coastline of the Red Sea, in present-day Eritrea. Its natural deep-water harbour and its location on the coast at a point where the escarpment of the Eritrean-Ethiopian highlands and the Red Sea are dramatically close to each other have historically made it a major trade emporium and the northern gateway to the northeastern African interior, especially Ethiopia and Sudan. This strategic position has led a succession of polities and
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