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In 1545 a mountain of silver was found high in the Andes. Potosí became one of the largest cities in the world, built on the forced labour of Indigenous miners, and its silver flowed to Spain, Europe and China. Students follow the silver and ask who paid for it.
Al terminar la lección, los alumnos podrán
- Locate Potosí and explain why its silver mattered to the whole world.
- Describe the mita system of forced labour and its effects on Andean communities.
- Trace the routes that carried American silver to Europe and to China.