What is the best definition for mercantilism? an economic policy in which investors buy shares in a company in order to share the risks and profits an economic policy in which countries collect gold or silver and control trade an economic system in which individuals own businesses an economic system in which money is put into something, such as a business, in order to make a profit

Answer

an economic policy in which countries collect gold or silver and control trade

Explanation

Mercantilism is also known as Commercialism which was  a system  in which a country attempts to amass wealth through trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports and increasing stores of gold and precious metals.  This form of trade theory espoused by the major powers.It advocated that a nation should export more than it imported and accumulate bullion (especially gold) to make up the difference. The exportation of finished goods was favored over extractive industries like farming. Its importance was that  Mercantilism restricts imports, which reduces the choices available to consumers in the marketplace

answer:   migrations were important in the neolithic period. "two major migrations passing through southeastern europe were confirmed by the means of archaeo-genetic studies."

the first migration was the early neolithic period -- 6,000 before common era (bce) -- when the first farmers, from anatolia -- asia minor -- spread through europe. the second migration occurred during the early bronze age (3,000-2,500 bce) when the so-called "steppe population," from the eurasian steppe, replaced much of northern europe's previous population.

the first farmers of northern and western europe passed through southeastern europe with limited hunter-gatherer genetic admixture, which occurs when two or more previously isolated populations begin interbreeding. however, some groups that remained mixed extensively -- without the male-biased, hunter-gatherer admixture that prevailed later in the north and west, according to latest discoveries. southeastern europe continued to be a nexus between east and west, with intermittent genetic contact with the steppe people up to 2,000 years before the migrations that replaced much of northern europe's population.

"in some places, hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers seem to have mixed very quickly," says iain mathieson, a geneticist at the university of pennsylvania, who was first author of the paper. "but, mostly, the two groups remained isolated, at least for the first few hundred years. these hunter-gatherers had been living there for thousands of years, and it must have been quite a shock to have these new people show up -- with a completely different lifestyle and appearance."