Andrianampoinimerina (1745-1810) ruled the Kingdom of Imerina from 1787 until his death. His reign was marked by the reunification of Imerina following 77 years of civil war, and the subsequent expansion of his kingdom into neighboring territories, thereby initiating the unification of Madagascar under Merina rule. Andrianampoinimerina is a cultur...
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(from the article `Merina`) ...practice of wet-rice cultivation in irrigated paddies. Under the early 16th-century queen Rafohy and her successors, the rule of the Merina people ... ...of the 16th century in the swampy Ikopa valley on the central plateau. Antananarivo (Tananarive) became its capital. In the 18th century Imerina ... [...
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