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Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of: : * the relationship between war and the slave trade * the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies * the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics * the impact of social organization and military technology, including the gunpowder revolution * case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Benin and West Central Africa
Llegir més - Autor/a John Kelly Thornton
- ISBN13 9781857283921
- ISBN10 1857283929
- Pàgines 194
- Any Edició 1999
- Fecha de publicación 11/05/1999
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Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800
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- John Kelly Thornton
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- ROUTLEDGE (1999)
- 9781857283921



