The correct answer to this open question is the following.
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Between 1500 and the 1600, the population trends in Europe, the Americas, China, and India were increasing. It was a time of exploration for the European powers who sent expeditions to discover new maritime routes to Asia and Africa. In China, the Silk Road represented the most important way to develop trade routes and practices with far territories in the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe.
In 1502, the first African slaves were sent to the Americas. By 1521, Hernan Cortez had conquered the most important Mesoamerican civilization: the Aztecs. Twelve years later, Franciso Pizarro did the same, conquering the Incas. In India, the Mughal Empire began in 1526.
