The main cause of the decline of the Benin Kingdom in the 19th century was the

  • A absence of a strong and effective army
  • B bitter struggle for the throne by the ruling families
  • C strained relations between Benin and Agbor
  • D British abolition of the trans- Atlantic slave trade.
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The correct answer is B. bitter struggle for the throne by the ruling families

Civil strife broke out among rival claimants to the Benin throne thus weakening her central authority

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