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How did China become the "engine" of the New World economy in the sixteenth century? How did this relate to both European and Asian centers of trade? robert mark chapter 3 This chapter covers the time period from 1500 to 1775 that ultimately proved to be pivotal in the course of world history. A major occurrence was the "first globalization" that brought the entire world into a single trading system for the first time. The resulting changes led European states to rise to positions of global strength on par with Asian empires. Two major historical conjunctures occurred during this period. The first was the Columbian Exchange which saw an increased flow of goods between the New World and the "Old." This exchange was also biological and led to the "The Great Dying," whereby large numbers of the native populations of the Americas died through exposure to European diseases. Human migration, a phenomenon stretching 200,000 into history, is facilitated by improved maritime technologies. The second conjuncture was a "global crisis" in the seventeenth century, brought about largely by a global climate change known as the "Little Ice.