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Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He takes first voyage
Zheng He was one of the world's great explorers. He took his first voyage in 1405, and untill his death, his voyages helped make china a world power -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince henry founds first navigation school
Prince Henry's navigation schools created many new explorers for Portugal and turned Portugal into a very wealthy and powerful country. Vasco de Gama, the great explorer, came out of one of Prince Herny's schools -
Jan 1, 1433
Ming China adopts isolationist policy following Zheng He’s seventh voyage
If the Chinese did not isolate themeselves from the rest of the world, as they do here, they would have been a huge global power. They thought that they could get by on their own, and they could, but barely. The isolation of China in 1433 affects the world right now. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola
Even though colombus does not land where he wants to, his arrival in the New World has a big impact. Untill 1492, we cannot talk of a truly world history. The discorvery of this "unclaimed" land makes counties start colonies in the new world, eventually leading the the USA and other counties in the Americas -
Jan 1, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was the line on the globe that limited where spain and Portugal could claim land. If the pope did not draw this line, spain and portugal probalbly would have gone to war over land that they had claimed. -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama reaches India
When Vasco de Gama first reached India, he imeadiatly set up a trading port that made portugal very wealthy. The trade for spices was very effective, and this is also an important point in the spread of Christianity -
Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun of Japan
The Tokugawa Shugunite was the system for government in Japan. They had a militaristic government. The Sugunite was a very effective way to control the land. -
Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China
The Qing Dynasty was not a Chinese one.They were Mongolian. Their government had an huge enormous effect on Chinese culture.
