Barresi Mr. Brown World History Honors 2 December 2013 Zheng He versus Marco Polo Both Marco Polo and Zheng He were excellent world navigators in their time. However‚ Zheng He’s voyages and travels were much better and more important because they had much more of a profound impact on the world. His expeditions caused much more prominent change in China‚ directly and indirectly‚ than Marco Polo’s did in Western Europe. Zheng He’s voyages largely helped educate Ancient China as well as establish
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Adventures of Zheng He tells a story of a treasure fleet led by Zheng He. It was made up of three hundred seventy of the largest ships in the world and twenty seven thousand men‚ sailing to more than thirty countries around the Indian Ocean and the South China seas‚ including Sri Lanka‚ India‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Vietnam‚ Kenya and Tanzania. Zheng He led seven voyages with the idea to explore and not conquer. However‚ Zheng He was not always known as China’s greatest seafaring explorer he became it
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HH1002 Final Paper Submission Why did the Ming dynasty decide on ceasing Zheng He ’s maritime voyages? The cessation of Zheng He’s maritime voyages by the Ming dynasty is multi-faceted. Each facet can be broadly classified as the political factors‚ economic factors and defence factors. Nevertheless‚ each reason is interdependent on one another which led the Ming dynasty to eventually terminate Zheng He’s voyages. On the other hand‚ hypothetically it may be asserted that China could have
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The Chinese Voyages of Exploration Succeeded by the non-Chinese Qing Dynasty‚ the Ming Dynasty is considered to be the last native dynasty to exist. The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644 and is known as the greatest era of social stability and organized government (European). Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty; he is also known as Hongwu‚ Taizu‚ and Ming Taizu. Hongwu died in 1382‚ leaving his grandson‚ Huidi‚ the next heir. However‚ Chengzu‚ or Yongol‚ created a military campaign to
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the Americas before Columbus? Menzies takes on a voyage where he tries to find evidence to support his thesis and comes up with several different theories; his first stop: Calicut. Menzies claims that the Ming dynasty’s famous navigator Zheng He managed to reach the cape of good hope and from there he should have reached the Americas too. Gavin also claims that a famous Italian writer of the time‚ Nicolo ’ Di Conti‚ might have made contact with Zheng ’s fleet in Calicut and might have also left with
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Ming Voyages Research Paper The voyages of the Ming dynasty have gone down in history as one of the single largest naval expeditions ever assembled. Throughout history‚ and even today‚ effects of the voyages have had an impact on the world. Whether it be revolutionary technology‚ or a never before seen level of determination‚ the Ming’s voyages would alter the course of history forever and begin to supplant the importance of naval dominance. Over a period of 28 years‚ Ming commander Zheng He led
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Emperor Yongle commands Zheng He for an important mission. Yongle wants to ensure that his inheritance of emperor was pure and secure‚ and he wants to expand Chinese interaction with foreign countries. Thus‚ Zheng He led a fleet of over two hundred ships to accomplish his mission. Total of seven times did Zheng He explored towards the West before the end of it. However‚ we don’t know the actual reason why Emperor Tingle operates these voyages. Overall‚ Yongle operated these voyages to maintain his strength
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Davis Columbus and Zheng He: A Comparative History Zheng He. Zheng He was born in the year of 1371. He was born in a small village which he stayed with his family. The first 10 years of Zheng He’s life were spent in what is now China’s Hunan province. Everything was going good until one day a group of tribes men came and raded the village which Zheng He and his family resided in. This group of tribes men were known as “TheMing”. On this day‚ Zheng He witnessed his father getting
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Zheng He sailed the oceans for the Chinese Empire during the early fifteenth century. (Zheng) He took seven voyages during his tenure‚ as admiral of the Chinese naval power. Suddenly‚ in the year of 1433‚ all expeditions came to a halt and the ships were burnt until they no longer existed along with most documentation of these voyages. Although some historians‚ like Needham‚ argue that the new outbreak of Confucianism among the common people changed the thought process of the Chinese and their opinion
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others. Europe looked up to places like India‚ where Vasco Da Gama showed his country’s (Portugal) inferiority once he noticed how wealthy the Indian king was. Islamic Empires such as the Ottomans conquered Constantinople closing all trade routes from Europe to Asia‚ forcing Europe to alter their routes. Also‚ Europe did not compare to China‚ who had a great explorer that sailed more voyages than Christopher Columbus‚ and created very useful inventions that helped industrialize Europe‚ thus giving them
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