<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliLacking the solidarity to unite and too weak to resist by themselves, Italian kingdoms and duchies were reduced to convenient pawns in Europes 18th-century dynastic power plays.  <response>: Kwa kuwa hawakuwa na umoja wa kuungana na walikuwa dhaifu sana kuweza kupinga kwa nguvu zao wenyewe, falme na duchies za Italia zilipunguzwa kuwa pawns rahisi katika michezo ya nguvu ya nasaba ya karne ya 18 ya Ulaya. 