The Open Door Notes - sent by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 to open up Chinese ports to American merchants. European powers had "spheres of influence" in different port cities throughout China, and the United States wanted access to China's markets.
Assembly-line production for goods,as were improved oil refineries.Transportation played a role,like the interstate highways.
It is believed that they crossed the land bridge that used to lay between Alaska and Asia but that melted many thousands of years ago.
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