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| n | The early Ming
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| growth and
unprecedented |
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| contacts with
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| civilizations. |
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| q | The commercial
boom and |
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| population
increase of late |
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| Song times
continued. |
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| q | The arrival of
American |
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| food crops
allowed |
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| cultivation in
marginal |
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| agricultural
areas. |
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| q | By 1800 they
were over 300 |
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| million Chinese. |
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