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What would be the best POD for the Zulu to end up more like Japan or at least Ethiopia by the end of the 19th century. I was thinking defeating the Boers in the 1830s and 1840s might be a good one, along with Shaka not being assassinated, and better acquisition and integration of firearms into the army. Perhaps Portugal (with the Pink Map designs in mind) or France could somehow be convinced to back a modernizing Zulu state?
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