Which choice best explains how the developments shown in the graph changed global economic activity over the course of the Early Modern Period?
A
The arrival of precious metals from the Americas to Russia caused trade
along the Silk Roads in Central Asia to decline.
B
The trade in precious metals in the Pacific led to the establishment of Swahili
city-states in Eastern Africa.
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The decline of precious metal sources in Asia resulted in China increasingly
importing precious metals from the Americas.
D
The profits from Spanish silver mines were used to pay for the creation of
large European settler colonies in southern Africa.