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With regard to the rulers of the West African coastal states of Dahomey and Asante, which of the following statements accurately describes their role in the slave trade and the trade's impact on them?
 
  a. Although they controlled aspects of the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely the puppets of Europeantraders who controlled them and the territory they governed.
 b. By centralizing and controlling the slave trade, the kings of these states oversaw the emergence of powerfulkingdoms.
 c. Since the Europeans completely controlled the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely figureheads withno real power.
 d. Although the coastal kings allowed the Europeans to control the slave trade, they acquired power and wealthby gaining control over the trans-Saharan trade.

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