sentences:  Along with gold, frankincense and fabrics, Zheng brought back the first ever African wildlife to China, which included hippos, giraffes and gazelles.The Ajuran State was an influential Somali kingdom that held sway over several cities and towns in central and southern Somalia during the Middle Ages.With the fall of the Sultanate, a number of these settlements continued to prosper, eventually becoming major cities in present-day Somalia.