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The 15 pages that link to Opium trade, each with the reason it gives.

• MorphineRelated: Morphine emerged from a drug whose trade had already reshaped global politics.

• Treaty of NankingRelated: The trade and Qing efforts to suppress it helped precipitate the war.

• Black marketRelated: Restrictions on opium helped drive some trade into clandestine channels.

• Treaty of TianjinRelated: The treaties addressed trade access, while opium’s status remained contested until later arrangements.

• Bowring TreatyRelated: The agreement permitted opium imports while regulating their sale within Siam.

• Golden TriangleRelated: Opium production made the region internationally known during the twentieth century.

• William JardineRelated: The trade generated much of Jardine’s wealth and placed his firm at the center of disputes with Qing authorities.

• Papaver somniferumRelated: Poppy cultivation became entwined with long-distance trade in its latex and derived products.

• Daoguang EmperorRelated: Its growth prompted Daoguang’s prohibition campaign and intensified conflict with Britain.

• James MathesonRelated: Opium was a major commodity in the firm’s early China trade.

• David SassoonRelated: Sassoon’s firm profited from a trade that linked Indian production with Chinese demand.

• Khun SaRelated: Khun Sa’s reputation and wealth were inseparable from the illicit regional trade in opium and its derivatives.

• Sassoon familyRelated: Opium trading formed a major source of wealth for the Bombay Sassoon enterprise.

• HowquaRelated: Its growth destabilized the commercial order in which Howqua had prospered.