Why was it less difficult to sail the Indian Ocean than other places? 3. What Chinese dynasty launched expeditions in the Indian Ocean between 1405 and 1433 to inspire awe about Chinese power and achievements? 4. What was carried on Zheng He’s ships? 5. Why did Zheng He’s voyages come to a stop? 6. Who were the greatest mariners of the Atlantic in the early Middle Ages? 7. What areas did the Amerindian voyagers colonize? 8. The sea voyages of what 2 Iberian kingdoms began a maritime revolution
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Asia‚ found in California. The Cherokee Rose‚ also known as the camellia rose‚ is a rose that Chinese would carry on their ships to remind them of home. Menzies‚ decided to “go public” with all his research in hopes of finding more credible research. He and Dr. Furry of the Natural History Museum of Northern California went to local wrecks around Northern California and tested the sites using magnetometer readings. The samples‚ which were pieces of wood and a compacted 80lb mass of millions of black
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display Chinese might to all the kingdoms and trade ports of the Indian Ocean world‚ and to bring back exotic toys and novelties for the emperor. * The Yongle Emperor who sponsored Zheng He’s first six voyages died in 1424. His son‚ the Hongle Emperor‚ was much more conservative and Confucianist in his thought‚ so he ordered the voyages stopped. (There was one last voyage under Yongle’s grandson‚ Xuande‚ in 1430-33. * The new emperor had a financial motivation. The treasure fleet voyages cost
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Changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian ocean region from 650 to 1750 C.E. In the period between 650 C.E. and 1750 C.E.‚ the Indian Ocean region endured both change and continuity. One continuity is simply trade‚ for this 1‚100 years the Indian ocean was an important trading zone. One change in Indian ocean trade over those years was which country dominated trade their. Over those years the Indian ocean was controlled by the Indians‚ the Arabs‚ the Chinese‚ and last but not least the
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Winter Break Essay European Exploration vs. Every Other Exploration Prior to European exploration‚ there were already many other explorations going around the world. For example‚ we have the Vikings of which people have theorized that they indeed discovered America centuries before Columbus actually did. There is one further piece of evidence that displays even more people discovered America before Columbus: Chinese pottery that were not indigenous to the people at the time. However‚ even though
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in fourteenth century. He describes that after Columbus’s explorations‚ efforts have been made to rewrite the history by arguing that it was Amerigo Vespucci who discovered the America and named after him‚ the Norsemen sailed to these areas centuries before Columbus‚ and Native Americans were living in these areas thousands of years before. Recently‚ Gavin Menzies has brought a significant story to the media by claiming that they were Chinese who first discovered America. He has faced a strong criticism
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Once a year‚ China and Japan‚ were able to trade with the Europeans. They isolated themselves and traded with each other. Japan and China also had some different reactions to the European arrival. They had different reasons for isolating. After Zheng He died‚ the Chinese government decided to close the ports‚ except two. The Chinese and the Europeans exchanged goods once a year for the next 400 years. China agreed with the isolation because the scholar gentry saw the voyages as a waste of resources
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Chapter 16 Outline Chapter 16: The Acceleration of Global Contact‚ 1450–1600 | A. | The Trade World of the Indian Ocean | | | 1. | South China Sea | | | 2. | Admiral Zheng He | | | 3. | India | | B. | Peoples and Cultures of the Indian Ocean | | | 1. | Austronesian families | | | 2. | Bride wealth | | C. | Trade with Africa and the Middle East | | | 1. | African cargo | | | 2. | Middle Eastern rivals | | D. | Genoese and Venetian Middlemen |
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which involved higher risks and much more efforts. As a result‚ most of the resources in China were wasted by the bureaucracies on luxury expenditure. Stagnation in external expansion From 1405 to 1433‚ which was Ming dynasty‚ “Chinese admiral Zheng He undertook voyages of exploration as far as the east coast of Africa.”(Weil 21) However‚ this great navigator died on his seventh voyage in 1433. From then on‚ the Ming government abandoned the plan for further exploration. Zheng’s fleet was dismantled
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The Christian Science Monitor January 29‚ 2003‚ Wednesday SECTION: USA; Pg. 03 HEADLINE: The Pinta‚ Santa Maria‚ and a Chinese junk? BYLINE: By Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A new book claims the Chinese discovered America in 1421‚ but historians refute thesis. To the Norsemen‚ the Japanese‚ and the Carthaginians; to the Irish‚ the Africans‚ and a long list of others who‚ it is claimed‚ crossed the oceans to America long before 1492‚ add one more: the Chinese
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