The growing importance of one resource as demonstrated by the trend displayed in source 1 is most similar to which early modern economic pattern?
a) the global search for iron ore deposits
b) the revitalization of overland silk routes
c) the creation of sugar plantation complexes
d) the development of coercive opium import/export strategies

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the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.