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Group: Umm al-Qaywayn, or Umm al-Quwain, Emirate of
Topic: Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam
Location: Soissons Picardie France

The thriving entrepôt trade quickly attracts growing …

Years: 1540 - 1683
The thriving entrepôt trade quickly attracts growing numbers of Chinese to Manila.

The Chinese, in addition to managing trade transactions, are the source of some necessary provisions and services for the capital.

The Spanish regard them with a mixture of distrust and acknowledgment of their indispensable role.

During the first decades of Spanish rule, the Chinese in Manila become more numerous than the Spanish, who try to control them with residence restrictions, periodic deportations, and actual or threatened violence that sometimes degenerates into riots and massacres of Chinese during the period between 1603 and 1762.