The mercantilist period in European economic history: -<Tab/>The era of merchant capital as opposed to industrial capital -<Tab/>Merchant capital depends for its growth on the connections between different social and productive systems, e.g. profits from trade. -<Tab/>This kind of capital grew and developed in the trade between the vastly different cultural, religious, political and economic systems …showed first 75 words of 1469 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1469 total…kingdoms of Oyo, Dahomey, Benin and Asante arose. 4.<Tab/>Powerful Coastal states emerged, as well as a stratum of intermediaries whose fortune and position in society depended negotiations between African and European of: An African coastal bourgeoisie. 5.<Tab/>Slaves were passed on " like a baton in a relay aimed at the coast. 6.<Tab/>Transported in terrible conditions, many died en route to destinations