What Was the Primary Reason for the Slowdown of Technology

question 88

Multiple Choice

What was the primary reason for the slowdown of technology after Yongle's death?

• A) limitation of the mining industry by the Ming empire.
• B) Japanese coastal piracy prevented transmission of new ideas and techniques.
• C) a religious edict by the conservative traditional elements
• D) collapse of the economy with the flood of silver from Spanish and Portuguese explorers.
• E) none of these

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