I don’t know the story behind this so ima go with true! Hope it’s correct.
These were easily conquered do to A. Them not having the fire power B. They were separate and were over whelmed
To import and export the goods
B
they never really interacted much with the west except for stuff like the silk road.
They did lumber, whaling, shipbuilding, fishing, livestock, textiles, and some agriculture. I hope this helps!