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🧠 Group 4:

Why was East Africa included in the voyages?

What impressed the Chinese envoys in this region?

What goods or animals were brought back to China, and why were they meaningful?

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Group 3:

What religious or political connections linked China and the Islamic world?

How did Zheng He’s identity as a Muslim matter here?

What does this tell us about the Ming Empire’s vision of global diplomacy?

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🧠 Group 2:

Why would Calicut and Sri Lanka be significant to the Ming court?

What kinds of goods or exchanges likely occurred here?

How might local rulers have responded to the arrival of the Ming fleet?

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🧠 Group 1:

What made ports in this region strategically important to Zheng He?

What cultural or trade connections may have existed before the voyages?

What did the Ming hope to gain diplomatically or commercially here?