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Giattino - U4-2
Imperial China - Ming Dynasty
Question | Answer |
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The Middle Kingdom | Chinese considered itself the Center of the Earth and source of civilization |
Admiral Zheng He | Treasure Fleet Led expeditions to SE Asia, India, and eastern coast of Africa starting in 1405 Distributed gifts to show Chinese splendor Last voyages completed in 1433 |
Ming - Foreign Relations | Isolationists/Superiority Chinese economic policies-agricultural Only government conducted foreign trade First Europeans appeared in 1514 Portuguese Spanish Christian missionaries |
Taoism | the philosophical system advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao. |