Merina Kingdom | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Merina Kingdom


00:00:50 1 History
00:00:58 1.1 Hova-Vazimba conflict
00:04:05 1.2 Expansion of sovereignty
00:04:27 1.3 Division and civil war
00:04:53 1.4 Reunification
00:05:23 1.5 Kingdom of Madagascar
00:06:54 1.6 French colonisation
00:08:32 2 Geography
00:08:41 2.1 Spatial organization
00:10:47 3 Social organization
00:10:57 3.1 Caste system
00:11:57 3.2 Religion
00:16:44 3.3 Customs
00:18:15 4 Political organization
00:21:01 4.1 Defense
00:21:22 4.2 Justice system
00:21:47 5 Economy and trade
00:22:40 5.1 Technology
00:23:06 6 See also



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The Merina Kingdom, or Kingdom of Madagascar, officially the Kingdom of Imerina (c.1540–1897) was a pre-colonial state off the coast of Southeast Africa that, by the 19th century, dominated most of what is now Madagascar. It spread outward from Imerina, the Central Highlands region primarily inhabited by the Merina ethnic group with a spiritual capital at Ambohimanga and a political capital 24 kilometres (15 mi) west at Antananarivo, currently the seat of government for the modern state of Madagascar. The Merina kings and queens who ruled over greater Madagascar in the 19th century were the descendants of a long line of hereditary Merina royalty originating with Andriamanelo, who is traditionally credited with founding Imerina in 1540.