Question

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?(1 point)Responsesthe European firearms sale-enslavement cyclethe European firearms sale-enslavement cyclewars of successionwars of successiondangerous environments along the Bight of Benindangerous environments along the Bight of Beninvarying local currencies, such as nzimbu shellsvarying local currencies, such as nzimbu shells

Answer 1

the European firearms sale-enslavement cycle

Many historians argue that the demand for enslaved people and European firearms fed each other, escalating raiding and warfare across West Africa.