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the pre- modern world shrank greatly in the 16th century . Justify the statement with 5 valid points. |
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(i) Because the European sailors found a sea route to Asia and successfully crossed the western OCEAN to America. The PORTUGUESE and the SPANISH conquests and colonialisation of America was decisively under way by the mid-16th century. Precious metals, particularly silver, from mines located in presently Peru and Mexico enhanced Europe’s wealth and financed its trade with Asia.
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