10 points Source 1: "In the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries) Europeans derived more profit from their participation in trade within Asia than they did from their Aslan Imports into Europe. They were able to do soultimately only thanks to their America n silver. __ Only their American money, and not any exceptional European qualities permitted the Europeans [to access Asian markets) __ However, even with that resource and advantage, the Europeans were no more than a minor player at the Asian Indeed world, economic table funtil the nineteenth century]? Andre Gunder Frank, ReOrient Global Economy in the Asian Age, 1996 Source 2: "The societies of Europe had been at the margins of the great trading systems, but they were at the center of the global networks of exchange created during the sixteenth century because they controlled the oceangoing fleets that knit the world into a single system. Western Europe was better placed than any other region to profit from the vast flows of goods and ideas within the emerging global system of exchange.... European states] were keen to exploit the commercial opportunities created within the global economic system. They did so partly by seizing the resources of the Americas and using American commodities such as silver to buy their way into the markets of southern and eastern Asla the largest in the world: David Christian, This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity, 2008 Which of the following best explains Europe's ability to gain a greater share of global trade in the early modern period? Adoption and improvement of maritime technologies by Europeans Easing of tensions among European states Europeans' increased Interest in foreign languages and cultures Diffusionof European manufacturing technology and processes to Asia