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Zheng He was a Chinese Muslim admiral who took his armada on seven voyages to expand China's tribute system by showing off the superiority of Ming China
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The school included mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains and helped the Portuguese explore sea routes to trade with Africa and India
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Even though many countries sent tribute to China, Chinese scholar-officials thought his voyages wasted resources that should be used defending China
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Columbus thought he had landed in the East Indies. He was sailing for Spain, and his voyage started European colonization of the Americas.
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This treaty established the Line of Demarcation, an imaginary line that gave all the lands to the west to Spain and all the land to the East to Portugal
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Da Gama brought back spices, silks, and gems worth 60 times the cost of the voyage and established a direct sea route to India
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He completed the unification of Japan and moved the capital to Edo (Tokyo)
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For almost 300 years the Qing ruled China and expanded the borders to include Taiwan, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet.
