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The Sultanate of Kilwa influenced Zanzibar. Today, Zanzibar influences Kilwa back.
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Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of Africa podcast. I'm your host, Andy. In our last episode, the prelude to Kil'was rise came to a conclusion, as the city began to blossom into the early golden age under the reign of Suleiman Hasan. Not only did he improve the city, rebuilding much of its old woolly buildings into imposing
stone edifices, but he also expanded the territorial holdings of his Sultanate into Pemba, Zanzibar, and the surrounding mainland. However, it turns out that just as Kil'wah was influencing its new territories, these new territories would influence Kil'wah back. Today, a new rival emerges that will bring the seemingly invincible Shirazi dynasty
to its knees permanently for the first time. Season 6 Episode 10, the Mahdali Ku Kilwa's early history has been quite a chaotic one so far, but throughout this entire epic history one factor has remained permanent and constant throughout. No matter how many kings have been toppled whether by foreign invasion or domestic revolt,
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