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If we are going to really think about the richest people in the world in
the 18th and 19th centuries, then we would also have to consider China.
Yangzhou salt merchants of the 18th century and Cantonese Cohong merchants
of the 19th certainly made the ranks of the richest people in the world at
the time
the 18th and 19th centuries, then we would also have to consider China.
Yangzhou salt merchants of the 18th century and Cantonese Cohong merchants
of the 19th certainly made the ranks of the richest people in the world at
the time
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If we are going to really think about the richest people in the world in
the 18th and 19th centuries, then we would also have to consider China.
Yangzhou salt merchants of the 18th century and Cantonese Cohong merchants
of the 19th certainly made the ranks of the richest people in the world at
the time
the 18th and 19th centuries, then we would also have to consider China.
Yangzhou salt merchants of the 18th century and Cantonese Cohong merchants
of the 19th certainly made the ranks of the richest people in the world at
the time
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