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SUMMARY:Tracing Silver’s Path: Unveiling the Silver Circulation System o
 f Late Ming Dynasty Through the Lens of 50 Taels Official Bullions - Prof.
  Siran Liu
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CONTACT:Said Reza Huseini
DESCRIPTION:Since the 16th century\, a significant volume of silver from S
 panish America and Japan has circulated globally. Concurrently\, the early
  16th century implementation of the single-whip policy by the Ming dynasty
 \, which consolidated all taxes and labor obligations into a singular silv
 er payment\, constituted a important fiscal reform for the empire and subs
 tantially increased its domestic demand for silver. Numerous historians co
 ntend that Ming China emerged as a primary recipient of silver trade durin
 g this era\, significantly contributing to the early stages of globalizati
 on. Yet\, the dynamics of silver\nInfluence Dynamics: China’s Strategies
  in Central Asia amidst Sinophilia and\n Sinophobia\n \ndistribution withi
 n China and the impact of substantial foreign silver influxes on its econo
 mic framework remain underexplored. Addressing this gap necessitates an ex
 amination of both textual records and archaeologically identified tax silv
 er. A groundbreaking opportunity for such an investigation was provided by
  an excavation at Jiangkou\, conducted by the Sichuan Provincial Institute
  of Archaeology. This excavation uncovered over 1000 official silver bulli
 ons\, minted by local authorities across China for tax collection purposes
 . Through the development of networks based on the morphology and material
  provenance of these bullions—utilizing morphometric measurements\, trac
 e elemental\, and isotopic analyses—a novel perspective on the Late Ming
  China's taxation system and the silver market dynamics has been unveiled.
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