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Much of the ancient surviving architecture in Kandara is comprised of the {{wp|Islamic architecture|Islamic architectural style}} brought by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]. Much of these are religious buildings like mosques and masjid and other are government buildings primarily in the large urban settlements that would become the cities along the coasts. In the [[Timeline_of_major_world_events#Early_modern_history|early modern period]], architectural influences came primarily from the [[Occidental world]], especially the styles in [[Burgundie]]. These [[Levantia|Levantine]] styles persisted and even after the collapse of the [[Burgoignesc colonial empire]] and a resurgence of [[Occidental]] architectural motifs became the norm, especially in the late 20th century, after [[Operation Kipling]]. However, in the 1990s until now there has been a revival of more classical building methods, local building materials, architectural motifs reminiscent of both Afro and {{wp|Architecture_of_Africa#Modern_Islamic_African_Architecture|Islamic}} styles of the past. While most urban cores reflect the more [[Occidental]] styles of the late 20th century and early 21st century, other less densely populated areas are much more visually reminiscent of historical African architectural styles.

Even before the fall of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] after the Shia and Sunni ideological split in Islam, the foundations of the Khandharan Caliphate were laid as it became the theological and cultural capital of the {{Wp|Shia}} aspects of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]. When the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] did eventually fall the Khandharan Caliphate immediately picked up the pieces of the Empire and maintained them in the northeast. It did lose some provinces in the far north and in the interior some to the [[Myanga Ayil Khanate]] and others to what would become the Queendom of Santasi. Santasi was strong in rural areas that had not been under the direct control of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] and had maintained a strong sense it's of its native culture and heritage. Free of the restrictions of Islam, the Santasi re-normalized {{wp|Pre-colonial_history_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo#Religion_and_Spirituality|shamanism}} and {{wp|Pre-colonial_history_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo#Cannibalism|ritual cannabalism}}. Therefore, Santasi eventually became an ethnic afro-state where anyone who opposed the Khandharan Caliphate, and Islam in general, could go to practice their traditional animist religion or also to join the army in opposition to the Khandharan Caliphate.