Silver Trade Dbq Essay

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Before the Modern Era, international communication was not prevalent. Many factions were present between distant regions in the world, and regional trade flourished between lands that were close in proximity. Lands in the Americas or South America did not experience a strong connection to lands further east due to these gaps in communication. However, due to the emergence of silver, regional economies all combined to form one global economy. In this global economy, different, distant regions interacted through a common trade. Silver production, common from the 1500s to 1750, helped global interactions flourish. Different regions, specifically China and the Philippines, Spain and its colonies, and England collectively experienced shifts in their societies and economies through a combined need to interpose themselves in this global flow of silver, that was then expanded upon through different methods of gaining silver. Before the emergence of silver, Chinese society isolated themselves from the global economy. Due to Confucian teachings and heavy voyage expenditures, Chinese officials restricted foreign interaction and trade. Also, being …show more content…

Areas within Japan, such as Nagasaki, acted as the biggest suppliers of silver to regions across the globe. By leaving out Japan, the opportunity to fully analyze the connections established by Japan with other regions and the effects on Japan’s economy and society has been eradicated. However, with the documents provided, the silver trade drastically changed trade around the world by connecting different and distant regions across the world and establishing communication on a global scale. The emergence of silver catapulted many societies to amass their wealth and power on silver, and shifted the economies and societies of these regions towards relying on their stability through a dependence on

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