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?

A. Wars of succession
B. Varying local currencies, such as nzimbu shells.
C. Dangerous environments along the bight of benin
D. The European firearms sale-enslavement cycle.

D. The European firearms sale-enslavement cycle.

D. The European firearms sale-enslavement cycle.