Zheng He

well that they sponsored the Voyages of Zheng He. The Voyages of Zheng He were a group of Chinese ships, called junks, that traveled throughout the Indian Ocean sharing their knowledge. While sharing their knowledge, the Chinese also collected many animals and new inventions…

The silver trade led to the increase of tension between social classes, the monetization of the Chinese economy, and opposition to bans on foreign trade due to the demand for luxury goods. The demand for luxury Asian goods was also predominant in India. Europeans would also trade along the Indian Ocean for Indian spices and cloth. This fits into the growth of a mercantilist economy as European nations would compete against each other for the supply of silver in the Americas, similar to how…

China also created porcelain, which was the most popular produce of Ming technological advances. 32) Zheng He was more like Genghis Khan than Christopher Columbus, Luo Guanzhong, or Rashid al-Din. Although Zheng He was like Christopher Columbus because they both sailed and went on voyages, like Luo Guanzhong because they both wrote, and Rashid al-Din because they both exchanged viewpoints, but Zheng He was most like Genghis Khan because his expeditions added more than fifty new tributary…

broadcasting to new heights. This same series of events also applies to companies today, in his essay, “Government Funding For NASA Should Not Be Reduced Yet” published in the Fall 2013 edition of Northeastern’s Undergraduate Writing Program Journal, he cites other previous industries that have benefitted, and even gotten their start, from technologies created by NASA. The…

The Indian Ocean trade was system that allowed the countries in the Indian Ocean to participate in a symbiotic relationship. The trade of many extravagant goods encouraged the surrounding countries to develop relationships between each other which lead to sharing discoveries and goods. Then, when the Portuguese arrived in the Indian Ocean there was an introduction of a power arrangement. Ultimately, the Portuguese disrupted a harmonious system of advancements and ruined the dynamics of the…

The Voyages of Zheng He (1405-1433), Zheng He’s first trip took him from South China Sea through the Indian Ocean. The purpose of the emperor’s expedition seems to have been to obtain recognition and gifts from other rulers. The voyagers did not intend to conquer or colonize, but they were prepared to use military force against those who refused to respect them. After Zheng He’s death China did not continue with these navigations. I believe china wanted to stay isolated so they didn’t have any…

One of Zheng He’s greatest accomplishments was discovering America’s land on one of his voyages and helping to make China better. In total, Zheng He traveled on seven different voyages by order of Emperor Yongle during the Ming Dynasty in the 1400’s. Zheng He was first ordered to travel across oceans on one of the largest fleets of wooden ship ever known. And on Zheng He’s fifth voyage he delivered many tributes back the foreign envoys. So, Zheng He’s voyages should be celebrated because of his…

The Voyages of Zheng He According to the book, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries or 1405 the Imperator in that time named Yongle decided to send an enormous, remarkable , and majesties expeditions that will explorer across new parts of the world and opened a door to a new part of the world by that time known. This expedition was the biggest naval expedition up to that time. This fleet trading ships under the admiral Zheng he who was a eunuch muslin and confident of the imperator…

Isabella, Spanish Monarchs, he was sent on countless voyages in the search to prove the Earth was circular rather than flat. His voyages lead to the exploration of the Americas giving us the opportunity to live in the United States today. Although, his voyages influenced the world we live in he wasn’t the first to travel across seas. Cheng Ho, Chinese sailor conducted several voyages across Asia under the rule of Yongle, also known as Yung-Lo. Sailing on seven voyages, where he learned about…

The Zheng He voyages, also known as the “treasure voyages”, were a series of seven Ming dynasty naval voyages that occurred between 1405 and 1433CE. The voyages got the name Zheng He from the commander of the fleet, Admiral Zheng He. The fleet was ordered by Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, around the turn of the 15th century. All of the voyages took place during the Yongle era, except for the last, which was launched during the Xuande era. The voyages traveled much of the South China Sea, as well as…