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China’s economy in 1465 was highly dependent on silver. From whom, and from where, did the Chinese acquire silver?

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a large amount of American silver was transferred to China through the Philippines. Thus, profits encouraged European merchants across the Pacific, shipping silver from America, thereby becoming a major source of the silver influx into China.

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