
Scramble for Africa 16: Female Caligula DESTROYS Madagascar!
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
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The Ten Tangena Tangana
There's a tree in madagascar called the ten tangena tangana that produces highly toxic seeds. The people of madagascar decided to use it for trial by ordeal. So as the accused person, you could bring a rooster to your trial and the rooster would be fed thesehighly toxic seeds. Obviously, if it survives, you're innocent. And then the merina king, andrianjaka, who ruled from 16 12 to 16 30, he changed the procedure for nobles, the andreana and for the hova, the freemen. You give the talk succeeds to a rooster and a dog. If they die, then the accused him or herself has to inj
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