when china ruled the seas
The situation, technology and resourses of China all came together to help the Ming Dynasty to launch the seven voyages. The timing was perfact for the launch of the voyages. The Ming Dynasty was the responsible party for reclaiming the rule of China, under the Chinese people. The Chinese looked at the Mongol rule in China as an insult to the power and greatness of their land. China had a history, a culture and traditions that the Chinese felt were superior to the rest of the world. So when the Mongol’s surpassed them by conquering China and making it part of its huge empire, China could only mend the past by securing the future. This was the job of Zheng He, a chinese admril appointed to command the fleet of ships that would make China’s presense in the world respected again. He was appointed by Zhu Di, the grandson of the fifth ming emperor, to do this great job. The collection of events and technology that came together at the right time made the explorations by sea seem like a perfect outlet for the re-establishment of Chinese superiorty on the world. China had the invention of the compass to their name and a device like this helped them to have full controll of the seas. The compass greatly changed the accuracy of nava
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Approximate Word count = 1819
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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