Kingdom of Burundi - Burundi Kingdom

Japanese: ブルンジ王国 - ブルンジおうこく

A kingdom in the interior of East Africa, in what is now Burundi. It was founded by the pastoral Tutsi people, who conquered the indigenous agricultural Hutu and pygmy Twa people. It was established towards the end of the 17th century, and in the first half of the 19th century it expanded to include parts of what is now Rwanda and Tanzania. The royal authority was weak, and the conflict between Tutsi and Hutu was not very pronounced, as a privileged class of royal descendants called the Ganwa held a status similar to that of feudal lords. The kingdom continued to exist as part of Ruanda-Urunji during the colonial period, and even after independence, but the monarchy was abolished in a coup in 1966.

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Japanese:

東アフリカ内陸部，現在のブルンジにあった王国。牧畜民のツチ族が先住農耕民のフツ族とピグミー系のトワ族を征服して建国した。17世紀末ごろに成立し，19世紀前半には現在のルワンダとタンザニアの一部にまで版図を拡げた。ガンワと呼ばれる王族出身の特権階級が封建領主のような地位を占めていたため，王権は弱体でツチ，フツの対立も顕著ではなかった。王国は植民地時代はルアンダ・ウルンジの一部として，さらに独立後も存続したが，1966年のクーデタで王政は廃止された。

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