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Assab
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a bay and port on the African shore of the Red Sea, 60 m. N. of the strait of Bab-el Mandeb. Assab Bay was the first territory acquired by Italy in Africa. Bought from the sultan of Raheita in 1870, it was not occupied until 1880. (See ERITREA, and ITALY: History.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Assab'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/assab.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Assab'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/assab.html. 1910.
