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)
Responses

wars of succession
wars of succession

dangerous environments along the Bight of Benin
dangerous environments along the Bight of Benin

the European firearms sale-enslavement cycle
the European firearms sale-enslavement cycle

varying local currencies, such as nzimbu shells
varying local currencies, such as nzimbu shells

Answer 1

the European firearms sale-enslavement cycle

Many historians argue that access to European guns, traded for slaves, created a feedback loop—more firearms led to more raiding and slave-taking, which in turn drove further violence.