What products would Indians and other non-Chinese merchants be most likely to purchase in a market such as the one described in the passage? A. Silk, porcelain, and tea
B. Pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon
C. Cows, pigs, and oxen
D. Rugs, parchment, and horses.

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no options provided, here,but the answer to this question is often: a historian cites a japanese newspaper article published a year after the end of world war ii in order to draw conclusions about the effect of the war on the japanese economy.

clearly from the answer, the historian alludes to historical sources,and records to aid in analyzing and drawing conclusion on the effect of the war on the economy of japan.