Exploration+and+Chinese+Reconnaissance+(585-586)

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A. After the collapse in the eastern hemisphere and China and western Europe sought to reactivate the networks of trade and communication that had been disrupted. B. The Chinese Reconnaissance of the Indian Ocean Basin 1. Early Ming emperors allowed foreign merchants to trade in supervised ports as well as allowing Chinese merchants to trade over seas in Japan and Southeast Asia.
 * __Exploration and Colonization__**

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2. Emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty organized expeditions to establish Chinese presence in Indian Ocean basin and to impose imperial control over foreign trade. 3. Zheng He, a Muslim from southwestern China, led the expeditions that took place between1405 and 1433. The ships that accompanied him on the voyages were by far the largest the world had ever seen.

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5. Zheng He had little need to engage in hostilities, because people would do what he wanted because of the size of his army, but he would ruthlessly suppress pirates who long plagued Chinese and southeast Asian waters.======