IV. GROWTH AND AFRICAN CYCLES OF STABILITY AND WAR

4. Growth and African cycles

AN ISOLATED REGION REVEALS CYCLES
OF PEACE AND VIOLENCE
BETWEEN COMMERCIAL FORCES
AND POPULATIONS THEY THREATEN 

Djimini was far from commercial centers
and had no particular characteristics:
So the impact of commerce is immediately clear
and secondary factors do not distract

Djimini

Such cycles apply to pre-industrial France
and probably wherever economies are comparable.

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 But first, 
since we're starting with a region in Africa: 

Can growth and slave raids coincide?