https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r en-us 2020-10-06 18:31:37 UTC 2020-10-13 18:23:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/4c29BDjVxFTFaG7hvFqVXLfwEQW_AMghUf0Xu_NY4fY6OJI-g86hLxUKOhvA3aEcXSoppL85fZ_iWLDZY-2g5EvTDT1puPP_yTIx7JgxXobNgQ2RxtsZuC8 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/815069163 The first expedition of this mighty armada (1405-07) was composed of 317 ships, including perhaps as many as sixty huge Treasure Ships, and nearly 28,000 men. The fleet stopped in Champa and Siam and then on to island Java, to points along the Straits of Malacca, and then proceeded to its main destination of Cochin and the kingdom of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India. ]]> 2020-10-08 18:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/815069163 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/817689380 Zheng He’s initial trip took him from the South China Sea through the Indian Ocean to Calicut, India, and back. The emperor’s purpose for this expedition seems to have been to obtain recognition and gifts from other rulers. The voyagers did not intend to conquer or colonize, but they were prepared to use military force against those who refused to respect them.

]]> 2020-10-09 18:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/817689380 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825112722 On his final expedition, Zheng He diverted from his fleet on his personal hajj to Mecca. He contracted an illness, and whether he successfully returned to China or died at sea is unknown.

]]> 2020-10-13 14:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825112722 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825275841 Zheng He. Born into a Muslim peasant family in Yunnan province in southern China c. 1371 CE, his family-given name was Ma Ho. Ma Ho was captured by Ming forces at the age of ten. He was then conscripted into the army commanded by a Ming prince, none other than the future emperor Yongle. Ma Ho’s talents saw him progress through the ranks, being selected as the head eunuch and becoming an important support to Yongle’s claim for the throne. ]]> 2020-10-13 15:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825275841 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825412711 The second expedition (1407-1409) took 68 ships to the court of Calicut to attend the inauguration of a new king. Zheng He organized this expedition but did not actually lead it in person. ]]> 2020-10-13 15:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825412711 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825437887 In October 1409 Zheng He set out on his third voyage. This time, going beyond the seaports of India, he sailed to Hormuz on the Persian Gulf. ]]> 2020-10-13 15:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825437887 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825572905 During Zheng He’s fifth voyage (1417-1419) the Ming fleet revisited the Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa. ]]> 2020-10-13 16:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825572905 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825588904 A sixth expidition was launched in 1421 to take home the foreign emissaries from China. Again he visited Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and Africa. In 1424 the Yongle emperor died. Zheng He returned to China after less than a year.]]> 2020-10-13 16:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825588904 ikroll05_2 https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825637749 On his fourth voyage Zheng He left China in 1413. After stopping at the principal ports of Asia, he proceeded westward from India to Hormuz. A Chinese mission visited Mecca and continued to Egypt. The fleet visited towns along the east coast of Africa of what are now Somalia and Kenya. On his return to China in 1415, Zheng He brought the envoys of more than 30 states of South and Southeast Asia to pay homage to the Chinese emperor.]]> 2020-10-13 16:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ikroll05_2/tb01jv2rnqm4sa2r/wish/825637749