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For What Reason Did the Chinese Take Little Interest in the Maps

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For what reason did the Chinese take little interest in the maps brought by Matteo Ricci?


A) Chinese maps exhibited a higher degree of geometric and mathematical precision.
B) The Chinese knew that the earth was round, and they ridiculed the flat earth shown in Ricci's maps.
C) The Chinese believed that Ricci's maps made China seem an unimportant country on the edge of the world.
D) Chinese maps reflected more knowledge of other parts of the world.

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