Why was it important for Ieyasu to remove any rival claims to the throne before he died

Ieyasu avoided any involvement with those failures. In 1598, just before Hideyoshi died, he won the promises of Ieyasu and four other major leaders to care for his young son until adulthood.

Explanation:

the phenomenon that would be cited as evidence of increased economic interdependence between europe and the americas is  the development of mercantilism.

this theory suggests that the wealth of a country depends on its economic assets, or capital.

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