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*''Chinese'': 廈門 ''(Xiàmén)''

*''Chinese'': 廈門 ''(Xiàmén)''

Xiàmén, also known as Amoy (from the [[Hokkien language|Hokkien]]), is a major port city in southern China. It replaced [[Quanzhou]] as the chief port city and financial center in the region in the 17th century.<ref>Craig Lockard, “‘The Sea Common to All’: Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities, and Chinese Traders in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, Ca. 1400–1750.” ''Journal of World History'' 21, no. 2 (2010): 223.</ref>

Xiàmén, also known as Amoy (from the [[Hokkien language|Hokkien]]), is a major port city in southern China.  

 

It became one of the chief ports in the region for legal trade with Southeast Asia, after bans on that trade were lifted in [[1567]]. Xiamen then grew to replace [[Quanzhou]] as the chief port city and financial center in the region in the 17th century.<ref>Craig Lockard, “‘The Sea Common to All’: Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities, and Chinese Traders in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, Ca. 1400–1750.” ''Journal of World History'' 21, no. 2 (2010): 223-225.</ref>

In the first decades of the 17th century, [[wako|pirates]] such as [[Zheng Zhilong]] made their base in or near Xiamen's harbor. His son [[Zheng Chenggong]] ran ten trading companies in the city, contributing to its growth into a major international entrepot.<ref>Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 55.</ref>

In the first decades of the 17th century, [[wako|pirates]] such as [[Zheng Zhilong]] made their base in or near Xiamen's harbor. His son [[Zheng Chenggong]] ran ten trading companies in the city, contributing to its growth into a major international entrepot.<ref>Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 55.</ref>