Which areas of the americas produced the bulk of the silver that fueled global commerce in the sixteenth century? brazil and the andes mesoamerica and brazil mesoamerica and the andes the andes and the caribbean

Option: Mesoamerica and the Andes

Explanation:

After the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492, led the Spanish empire to explore the areas of Mesoamerica and the Andes where the ancient civilizations were thriving. Spanish settlers located the main silver mining zones in the sixteenth century, which changed the Spanish monarchy into a world power also led to economic expansion in European.

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