Imerina
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Imerina
(historical) A precolonial state (c. 1540–1897) off the coast of Southeast Africa that, by the 19th century, dominated most of what is now Madagascar.
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The LMS was invited by King Radama I (1810–28) to expand its schools throughout Imerina to teach basic literacy and numeracy to aristocratic children.
The city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Imerina from its founding until 1710, when Imerina split into four warring quadrants.
By the turn of the 19th century, King Andrianampoinimerina had reunited the highly populous Kingdom of Imerina, located in the central highlands with its capital at Antananarivo.
Following almost a century of warring and famine, Imerina was reunited in 1793 by King Andrianampoinimerina (1787–1810).
In 1838, it was estimated that as many as 100,000 people in Imerina died as a result of the tangena ordeal, constituting roughly 20% of the population. citation contributing to a strongly unfavorable view of Ranavalona's rule in historical accounts.
Successive Merina sovereigns ruled over the Kingdom of Imerina from Analamanga through King Andriamasinavalona's reign.