Which nation was not a rising power in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
a. England
b. France
c. Prussia
d. Spain
e. Russia
Question 2
The earliest and greatest of the joint-stock companies in the East was/were the
a. Dutch East India Company.
b. British East India Company.
c. Portuguese in Melaka.
d. Kilawa gold companies in Swahili.
e. Ming China in Africa.