Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-colonial West AfricaUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1989 - 164 pages This new edition of the well-known innovative study of the relations of the peoples of West Africa in the precolonial period covers a period of some four or five hundred years, up to the last decades of the nineteenth century.& Smith takes account of outside influences but focuses primarily on what happened between African states before the partition of the area and the establishment of colonies. |
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... armed with single - shot rifles , of much greater efficiency than muskets . Finally , Samori's field armies , at the very end of the period under review , varied between about 12,000 and 20,000 , similarly armed with rifles . 18 The ...
... armed with single - shot rifles , of much greater efficiency than muskets . Finally , Samori's field armies , at the very end of the period under review , varied between about 12,000 and 20,000 , similarly armed with rifles . 18 The ...
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... armed primarily with light throwing spears - javelins - were effective in patrols , skirmishes and flank actions ; on occasion they also took part in frontal engagements , as did the Shuwa at the battle of Musfeia in 1823. Though the ...
... armed primarily with light throwing spears - javelins - were effective in patrols , skirmishes and flank actions ; on occasion they also took part in frontal engagements , as did the Shuwa at the battle of Musfeia in 1823. Though the ...
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... armed with muskets ) .34 A Yoruba proverb recorded by Bishop Crowther affirms that : ' A crossbow is not enough to go to war with ; whom then do you dare to face with only a stick ? ' Crossbows have been collected from or observed in ...
... armed with muskets ) .34 A Yoruba proverb recorded by Bishop Crowther affirms that : ' A crossbow is not enough to go to war with ; whom then do you dare to face with only a stick ? ' Crossbows have been collected from or observed in ...
Table des matières
their Causes Consequences | 28 |
Armies Canoe Fleets | 42 |
Arms Armour | 64 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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