2.The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, south-west of ______________ Island.
The site also features transportation routes used to transport silver ore to the coast, and port towns from where it was shipped to Korea and ______________ .
4.It was developed in 1526 by Kamiya Jutei a Japanese ______________ .
5. It reached its peak production of 38 tons in the early 17th century of approximately 38 tons of silver a year which was then a ______ of world production.
6.Silver from the mine was used widely for _______.
7.It was contested fiercely by warlords until the _______ Shogunate won control of it in 1600 as a result of the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.
8. Iwami Ginzan was later secured by fences and barricaded by _________ .
9. Silver production from the mine fell in the ________ century as it had trouble competing with mines elsewhere and it was eventually closed.