During the age of mercantilism between the 16th and 18th centuries, why did Europeans want gold?

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Janbrohl · Answer 1 · 2022-05-21T07:07:56+0000

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The Europeans wanted to become rich. We use the word “gold” as a shorthand for anything valuable. It could be silver or it could be other things. The basic idea is simply that Europeans believed that they could make money by going out exploring.

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