Horn of Africa (Ethiopia: 96.6 million, Somalia: 10.4 million, Eritrea: 6.4 million, and Djibouti: 0.81 million). Regional studies on the Horn of Africa are carried out, among others, in the fields of Ethiopian Studies as well as Somali Studies. This peninsula is known by various names. In ancient and medieval times, the Horn of Africa was referred to as the "Bilad al Barbar" ("Land of the Berbers"). It is also known as the "Somali peninsula", or in the Somali language, "Geeska Afrika", "Jasiiradda Soomaali" or "Gacandhulka Soomaali". In other languages that are local or adjacent to the Horn of Africa, it is known
Piracy in the Atlantic World tongue. A "great mosque" was also mentioned by Defoe as well as an illustration of the City of Magadoxa rather than Magadoxa being described as a country or an island like Madagascar. A mosque would be practically expected in a region with Islamic influence and proximity to the Red and Arabian Sea. Captain Beavis was also said to have gotten lost in the higher Ethiopia, which borders present-day Somalia . The correlations of the descriptions given make a better case of Magadoxa being Somalia rather than Madagascar, and illustrate pirate influence in a region of Africa in close to connection