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Great Zimbabwe's Royal Succession Crisis
In Episode 245, Lucas and Luna explore the political fracture that followed the death of the Mambo in the early 15th century. While previous episodes covered trade, architecture, and decline, this episode focuses on the internal power struggle between the Hill Complex elites and the Valley Enclosure merchants. We examine how the rivalry over the mwene mutapa title split the kingdom, leading to the abandonment of Great Zimbabwe and the rise of Khami. The conversation details the specific roles of competing factions, the role of ancestral spirits in legitimizing rule, and the geopolitical shift…
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