Would you please fact-check my statement that China and Japan limited contact with western societies in the 16th and 17th centuries primarily because they saw no benefits arising from the accompanying influx of western technology and culture?
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Sorry I got bored and abandoned the thread again.

Thanks for playing!
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I really need that fact check. I'm giving a presentation on 16th-century internationalism in East Asia in two hours.
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Just not to scale.....
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Does Billay’s carpet match his drapes?
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