At Buya in Eritrea, one of the oldest hominids representing a possible link between Homo erectus and an archaic Homo sapiens was found by Italian scientists. Dated to over 1 million years old, it is the oldest skeletal find of its kind and provides a link between hominids and the earliest anatomically modern humans. It is believed that the section of the Danakil Depression in Eritrea was also a major player in terms of human evolution, and may contain other traces of evolution from Homo erectus hominids to anatomically modern humans.

The Scottish traveler James Bruce reported in 1770 that Medri Bahri was a distinct political entity from Abyssinia, noting that the two territories were frequently in conflict. The Bahre-Nagassi ("Kings of the Sea") alternately fought with or against the Abyssinians and the neighbouring Muslim Adal Sultanate depending on the geopolitical circumstances. Medri Bahri was thus part of the Christian resistance against Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi of Adal's forces, but later joined the Adalite states and the Ottoman Empire front against Abyssinia in 1572. That 16th century also marked the arrival of the Ottomans, who began making inroads in the Red Sea area.

1. Who was the traveler?
2. Where was he from?
3. Did he report on three terrtories?
4. How many did he report on?
5. What were they?
6. What was their name?
7. Did one of those regions have a nickname?
8. Was it "Jewels of the Ocean"?
9. Was it French researchers who discovered a similarity between early men?
10. Who was it?
11. What date was that discovery made?
12. Were these links the oldest finds of their type?
13. What happened in 1572?
14. Against what region?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. James Bruce
2. Scotland
3. No
4. two
5. territories
6. Medri Bahri and Abyssinia
7. Yes
8. No
9. no
10. Italian
11. unknown
12. yes
13. Medri Bahri joined the Adalite states
14. Adal's forces