In recent decades, many world historians have challenged the commonly held view that europeans controlled the largest share of world trade in the seventeenth through the eighteenth centuries.

which of the following evidence from the period would best support this historical
reinterpretation? (about china)
1. european merchants transported only a fraction of the goods shipped globally
2. european trading companies often backed their long-distance trading ventures with the threat of military force
3. asian trading companies dominated trade in the indian ocean region
4. prices for chinese goods were much higher in europe than in china