Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800

• Author(s): John K. Thornton,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 1135365849
  ISBN_13: 9781135365844
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Africa / General , History / Military / General , History / Europe / Renaissance ,

Description:... 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