Firearms First Reached Japan Via

question 41

Multiple Choice

Firearms first reached Japan via

• A) China prior to the arrival of Europeans.
• B) the Portuguese who were the first European traders.
• C) the English who supplanted the Portuguese in China.
• D) the Indian trade across the Silk Road.
• E) Korea and Vietnam who sought money to finance their wars of independence against China.

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