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Origins

1371 Born 0D+H

Central Asian Muslim

Son of a rural officialin the Mongol

Province Yunnan

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Working His Way Up

1382 taken captive by aChinese Armyoverthrowing theMongols

Became one of the3ULQFHRI

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China in the 15th Century

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Why?

Business

Exploration

Diplomacy Peacekeeping

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Largest wooden ships

every launched 400 feet long

120 feet across

9 masts

50,000 feet2 deck

3000 ton waterdisplacement

6ZLPPLQJ'UDJRQV 300 vessels + 30,000 sailors

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Trade Items and Gifts

Flaunt &KLQDVSURVSHULW\ Traded and gifted:

Silk

Ceramics

Copper coins Gold

Silverware

In exchange for: Spices

Fragrant woods

Gems

Unique animals

Textiles

Minerals

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Knowledge

7KH2YHUDOO6XUYH\RIWKH2FHDQ6KRUHVpublished by Ma Huan

Retrieved vast amounts

of knowledge from thevoyages: Spices + cooking styles

New methods 10 different uses of the

coconut Discovered strange bird

species

New trade items

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Knowledge

Explored cultural differences

Funeral + marriage rites domestic + public architecture

religious beliefs

languages and dialects commercial practices

strengths and weaknesses of government

-- Ma Huan

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Defense

To get to the throne, Emperor Yongle

overthrew his nephew

His nephew was rumored to have escaped

overseas

To keep him from retaliating, Yongle sent

Zheng He to try to find and keep an eye on

him

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Map of the Seven Voyages

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1. 1405-1407

Champa Java

Palembang

Malacca

Aru Samudera

Lambri

Ceylon

Kollam Cochin

Calicut

1407 Strait of Malacca

Fought and defeated theinfamous Cantonese pirate,

ChenZuyi Brought him back to China for

execution

Peace restored in the Malacca

strait

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2. 1407 - 1409

Champa

Java

Siam

Cochin

Ceylon

Returned Indian and Sumatran

foreign ambassadors who had

traveled to China

(VWDEOLVKHG&KLQDVWUDGHOLQNVin the Indian Ocean

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3. 1409 - 1411

Champa

Java

Malacca

Sumatra

Ceylon

Quilon

Cochin

Calicut

Siam

Lambri Kayal

Coimbatore

Puttanpur

1411 single overseas land

battle of the seven voyages

Zheng He intervened in an

already ongoing war between

Hindu Tamils in the north and

two Sinhalese Buddhist realms

in the center and South

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4. 1413 - 1415

Champa

Java

Palembang

Malacca

Sumatra Ceylon

Cochin

Calicut

Kayal Pahang

Kelantan

Aru

Lambri

Hormuz

Maldives

Mogadishu

Barawa

Malindi

Aden

Muscat

Dhofar

First voyage to travel

beyond India and

cross the Arabian

Sea

18 states sent tribute

and envoys to China

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5. 1417 - 1419

Champa

Pahang

Java

Malacca Samudera

Lambri

Ceylon

Sharwayn

Cochin

Calicut

Hormuz

Maldives Mogadishu

Barawa

Malindi

Aden

First visit to Africa

Many African

rulers sent

gifts to theemperor

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6. 1432 - 1422

Hormuz

East Africa

Countries on

the Arabian

Peninsula

&RQWLQXHVVKXWWOHGLSORPDF\EULQJLQJnew diplomats to China

and sending others back

who had stayed in China

for several years

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7. 1431 - 1433

Champa

Java

Palembang

Malacca

Sumatra

Ceylon

Calicut

Fengtu

Zheng He was presumably

buried at sea after this final

voyage

6LQEDGinspiration?

Arab classic

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:K\+DYHQW:H+HDUGRIZheng He?

Relatively unknown, despite having travelled

way before the well-known European

voyagers

1492 Columbus

1498 Vasco da Gama

1519 Magellan

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:K\+DYHQW:H+HDUGRIZheng He?

Rulers succeeding Zhu Di banned voyages Too costly

Culture shift

- Saw innovation and change as a threat to orderlygovernment

Records destroyed in battle or by Chinesepoliticians

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Influence

([SDQGHG&KLQDVknowledge of the world

Opened new trade routes

Established new relationswith rulers overseas

Completed a completelyunprecedentedexpedition over twodecades

Memorable historicalfigure of the MingDynasty