How Did The Junk Ship Affect China

The Junk Ship is an Ancient Chinese sailing ship which was used throughout Asia for extensive sea voyage. This ship originated in the 2nd century and was used extensively for South East Asian trade between the 17th and 19th century. The highlighted region spans from the South Eastern parts of China, down to Indonesia and out to Japan. Junk Ships were very important for the transfer of goods and wealth throughout this region, as well as religions and cultures. The Junk Ship had a major influence on encounters and trade between the Chinese and South Eastern Asia through the exchange of goods, voyages leading to new trading posts, with all of this leading to the exchange of cultures and ideas. (add specifics)
The Junk Ships were very important to encounter and exchange throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, in particular the Indonesian region. The Junk Ship had a major influence on Southeast Asia between the 17th and 19th century, but specifically impacted the Indonesian region …show more content…
This was mostly due to the fact that they were able to travel great distances on their junks and transport large quantities of pepper at a time. Europe at the time was not prominent in the Southeast Asia region and they realized how profitable the pepper trade was in the area; so they decided to get in on the trade in Asia. Dutch and English traders came to Southeast Asia and had to face the competition of the dominant Chinese in every port in Southeast Asia which was made possible by the versatile junk ships of the Chinese. It is very evident that that Chinese were major players in the pepper trade because of their ability to reach every corner of Southeast Asia with their ships. They were able to control the economy of the entire region of the world at this point in time and it was due to the fact that they were able to reach great lengths and spread their culture into the different ports that they