Somali Local Forces

“	Allows Askaris to be recruited from Somali Trading Posts.	”
—In-game description

Somali Local Forces is a technology in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals that can be researched at a Trading Post or Tambo built on a Somali kingdom. Once researched, it allows Askaris to be trained at Trading Posts or Tambos built on Somali kingdoms.

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Sudanese Local Forces

v • d • e Minor civilization technologies in Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III
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Carib	Carib Kasiri Beer · Carib Garifuna Drums · Carib Ambush Party · Carib Ceremonial Feast
Cherokee	Cherokee War Dance · Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary · Cherokee Basket Weaving
Comanche	Comanche Trade Language · Comanche Horse Breeding · Comanche Mustangs
Cree	Cree Tanning · Cree Kinship · Cree Textile Craftsmanship
Haudenosaunee	Haudenosaunee Lacrosse · Haudenosaunee League · Haudenosaunee Morning Wars
Lakota	Lakota Hunting Grounds · Lakota Horse Trading · Lakota Tokala Soldiers
Maya	Maya Cotton Armor · Maya Calendar · Maya Pyramids
Nootka	Nootka Bark Clothing · Nootka Potlatch · Loyal Nootka War Chief
Quechua	Quechuan Metalworking · Quechuan Diet · Quechuan Mountaineering
Seminole	Seminole Guerilla Wars · Seminole Bowyer · Seminole Invincibles
Tupi	Tupi Poison Arrow Frogs · Tupi Forest Burning · Tupi Animal Lore
The WarChiefs
Apache	Apache Cactus Use · Apache Endurance · Apache Raiders
Cheyenne^L	Cheyenne Hunting Grounds · Cheyenne Horse Trading · Cheyenne Fury
Huron^I	Huron Sun Ceremony · Huron Trade Dominance · Huron Fish Wedding
Klamath	Klamath Work Ethos · Klamath Huckleberry Feast · Klamath Strategy
Mapuche	Mapuche Ad-mapu · Mapuche Tactics · Mapuche Treaty of Quillin
Navajo	Navajo Weaving · Navajo Shepherds · Navajo Craftsmanship
Zapotec^A	Zapotec Cloud People · Zapotec Cult of the Dead · Zapotec Food of the Gods
The Asian Dynasties
Bhakti Temple	Yoga · Reinforced Gauntlets · Vegetarianism
Jesuit Mission	Flying Buttress · Smokeless Powder · Christian Schools
Shaolin Temple	Clenched Fist · Wood Clearing · Dim Mak
Sufi Mosque	Pilgrimage · Fasting · Sharia
Udasi Temple	Sikh Gurus · Punjabi New Year · Army of the Pure
Zen Temple	Meditation · Master Lessons · Meritocracy
Definitive Edition
Lenape	Lenape Ceremony · Lenape Clans · Lenape Three Sisters
Tengri Shrine	Kumis · Shaman Drums · Wind Horses
The African Royals
Akan	Akan Asafo · Akan Fontomfrom · Akan Gold Economy · Akan Cocoa Beans · Akan Palm Oil Exports
Berbers	Berber Fantasia · Berber Kings of the Desert · Berber Dynasties · Berber Salt Caravans · Berber Ghorfas
Somalis	Somali Coinage · Somali Jile Daggers · Somali Ajuran Engineers · Somali Local Forces · Somali Berbera Seaport · Somali Oryx Hide Shields · Somali Lighthouses
Sudanese	Sudanese Hakura System · Sudanese Red Sea Trade · Sudanese Quilted Armor · Sudanese Local Forces
Yoruba	Yoruba Ida Swords · Yoruba Twins · Yoruba Herbalism · Yoruba Wrestling · Yoruba Eredo Legacy
Knights of the Mediterranean
House of Bourbon	Bourbon Reforms · Royal Tax · Chouannerie · Maison du Roi
House of Habsburg	Congress of Vienna · Crown Lands · Multinationalism · Austro-Hungarian Empire
House of Hanover	Victorian Era · Royal Scots Grey · Royal Card Games · Acts of Union
House of Jagiellon	Pancerni · Sarmatism · Folwarks · Jagiellonian Legacy
House of Oldenburg	Hunting Expeditions · Öresund Customs · League of Armed Neutrality · Kalthoff Repeaters
House of Phanar	Armatoloi · Athos Monasteries · Byzantine Legacy · Greek Shipyards
House of Vasa	Golden Liberty · Hanseatic League · Tar Kilns · Koncerz
House of Wettin	Leipzig Trade Fair · Marriage Politics · Königstein · Royal Saxon Grenadiers
House of Wittelsbach	Oktoberfest · Ducal Berg Lancers · Schützenfest · Philhellenism