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Zanzibar, a small archipelago off East Africa, punches far above its weight in world history. This podcast, hosted by Lucas and Luna, traces Zanzibar's transformation from a fishing outpost to the epicenter of the Indian Ocean spice and slave trades. We explore the rise of Omani rule in the 17th century, when sultans like Said bin Sultan made Zanzibar the capital of a maritime empire stretching from Oman to Mozambique. The clove plantations that earned Zanzibar its nickname 'Spice Islands' were…
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The History of Zanzibar: Spice, Slavery, and Indian Ocean Power — Fexingo History
Über diesen Podcast
Zanzibar, a small archipelago off East Africa, punches far above its weight in world history. This podcast, hosted by Lucas and Luna, traces Zanzibar's transformation from a fishing outpost to the epicenter of the Indian Ocean spice and slave trades. We explore the rise of Omani rule in the 17th century, when sultans like Said bin Sultan made Zanzibar the capital of a maritime empire stretching from Oman to Mozambique. The clove plantations that earned Zanzibar its nickname 'Spice Islands' were…
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- Zanzibar's Forgotten Indian Ocean Fleet10. Sept. · 11 Min.
- The Zanzibar Sultanate's Secret War with the British Navy9. Sept. · 7 Min.
- The Stone Town Library: Zanzibar's Lost Manuscript Archive8. Sept. · 9 Min.
- Zanzibar's Secret Railway: Building the Urambo Line7. Sept. · 7 Min.
- Zanzibar's Silk Road: The Indian Merchant Empire6. Sept. · 9 Min.
- Zanzibar's Iron Age: The Slave Rebellion of 18955. Sept. · 10 Min.
- The Zanzibar Slave Revolt of 1895 and the Fall of Barghash4. Sept. · 9 Min.
- Zanzibar's Last Sultan: Barghash's Modernization and Fall3. Sept. · 8 Min.
- The Sultan's Navy: Zanzibar's Dhow Fleet and Indian Ocean Power2. Sept. · 7 Min.
- The Zanzibar Sultanate's Secret War with the British Navy1. Sept. · 8 Min.