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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…
220 episodios · history
The History of Zanzibar: Spice, Slavery, and Indian Ocean Power — Fexingo History
Sobre este pódcast
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…
Episodios recientes
- 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