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Zheng He |
Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, between 1405 and 1433. |
Muslim |
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Renaissance |
Cultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy c. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages. |
Movement |
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Francesco Petrarch |
One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist. |
Literary |
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Castile and Aragon |
Regional kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims and ultimately united under the Spanish monarchy. |
Spanish |
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Vivaldis |
Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a western route to the "Indes"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust in southern Atlantic. |
Disappeared |
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Vasco da Gama |
Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean. |
Captain |
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Henry the Navigator |
Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked beginning of western European expansion. |
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