While investigating the increased warfare in West Africa between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, what do many historians argue is the key factor in increasing warfare at large?
varying local currencies, such as nzimbu shells
the European firearms sale-enslavement cycle
wars of succession
dangerous environments along the Bight of Benin
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The key factor that many historians argue for the increased warfare in West Africa between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries is the European firearms sale-enslavement cycle.