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Lecture IV: Richness and poverty in 1600. artwork
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Lecture IV: Richness and poverty in 1600.

World history since 1500 Lectures

May 2, 201568:43Education

In this lecture we'll be looking at the new global trade of the sixteenth century, particularly that in silver, and its effects on the rich and the poor in both Europe and Latin America.

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