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The Voyages of Zheng He
The man who Traveled the world with ships four times the size of the Europeans
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Biography

Julian Henry

                                                                                           How to Play Risk with Zheng He

    Zheng He was a Chinese explorer who went on seven separate voyages around the Indian Ocean near the coast. He was sent on these journeys by Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan. This prince soon became an emperor and when this happened, he sent Zheng He on his expeditions.  Zheng He’s greatest accomplishment was his diplomacy, which saved many nations from being destroyed.

    One of the best examples of this comes when, on his fourth voyage, the people of Aden said that they would not pay tribute to the Ming empire. Normally if this happened Zheng He would wipe them out using his extremely advanced treasure ships, to his advantage. But this is not what happened. Zheng He negotiated with the them and in the end the payed tribute and moved on to the next stop. Many people would say that this is because Zheng He was muslim and Aden was predominantly muslim. But this isn’t the only nation he spent time negotiating with. The purpose of Zheng He’s voyages were to go many different nations telling them that they had to ally or pay respects to this far of empire they might not have even known much about. If they did not comply and pay their tribute, Zheng He was to attack them. It would be expected that he attacked a fair amount of civilizations. There is only one major battle he fought in. It was in modern day Sri Lanka against King Arakkonam. In this battle, Zheng He was cut off from the treasure ship by the King, and they attempted to kill him. It obviously did not work and Zheng He got back to the treasure fleet and destroyed the city. Zheng He did not even start it.

    Another example of his diplomatic skills comes up with the Treasure ships. His fleet consisted of three-hundred-and-seventeen ships, he was in control of thirty-thousand sailors, and he did his job well. These ships were 440 feet long which was about five time larger than most european ships. They were both terrifying and astounding at the same time depending on whose side you were on. When he pulled into a port with ships bigger than anyone had ever seen, it was a powerful statement. It said that the Chinese was a nation with enough power to wipe out an entire civilization at the snap of a finger but the would not do that if that civilization just listen to them. While Zheng He practiced soft power, the ships behind him had unspoken hints of hard power. The ships could obviously be seen as a threat which is one of the reasons that King Arakkonam attacked them in modern day Sri Lanka.

    In the end Zheng He’s ability to reach diplomatic solutions is a major reason that worlds is the way it is today. He was one of the first of China to go out and meet other civilizations. He single handedly had the ability to rage war on any nation but instead he reached diplomatic solutions to all of his problems which saved many lives and civilizations.

   

   

   

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Zheng John

Julian Henry

                                                                                        My Voyages with Zheng He

    My name is Zheng John and I am a sailor in the Treasure Fleet from the Ming Empire. I was born in Kunyang, Yunnan in the year 1372. A year before I was born the captain of the Treasure fleet, Zheng He was born. He in I lived very close to each other and became childhood friends. He and I had a lot in common. Other than being born just one year apart and living in the same town, both of our families were Muslim too. This was becoming less and less common in China because The Mongols, who didn’t mind other religions, were ousted and the Ming dynasty was put in its place. When I was thirteen and Zheng He was fourteen, we were both captured by the Ming army. They castrated both of us, and we were put into the service of Prince Zhu Di. The three of us became friends and for that reason, Zheng He and I were chosen to be the leaders of the Treasure fleet.

Our mission was to lead twenty-seven-thousand sailors across three-hundred-seventeen ships all around the world. Most of what we did was collect tributes that other nations gave the Ming empire. We were also well equipped for carrying large loads of cargo and for that reason we traded with foreigners to get exotic goods. Our four-hundred-forty foot ships were also well equipped to wage war on any hostile nations.

An example of our military power was shown on our second voyage when we went to Ceylon (Sri Lanka). It was 1409 and we were on horseback heading to a city near the coast when we were ambushed. They tried to cut us off from our fleet but luckily they were unsuccessful. We got back to the Treasure fleets and destroyed the city. We found out that we were attacked because King Alagakkonam didn’t want to pay tribute to the Ming Empire. We deposed him and put in a new leader who agreed to pay tribute.

On seventh and last voyage we took together, we went out west. We headed towards Calicut and from there we split. Zheng He when into Africa, while I went to Mecca, the Sanctuary. There I performed Hajj and spend many days praying where Muhammad had been but eight-hundred years ago. I left after about a month and then went to Aden to meet up with Zheng He.

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Religion

Islam

  • Montheistic
  • Abrahamic
  • Based of the Qur'an - a religious text that is considered the exact word of god through Muhammad
  • The Shahada - a statment of faith
  • The Salat - mandatory to pray 5 times a day
  • Zakat - 2.5% of your income goes to the mosque
  • Sawn - self purification
  • The Hajj - a 10-12 day pilgrimage that all muslims are supposed to go on during their life
  • Ramadan- a month long holiday for fasting from dawn till dusk to get closer with god

Hinduism

  • Monotheistic but many deities
  • Samsara is the cycle of rebirth
  • goal is to get out of that cycle
  • goal is to make man one with nature
  • Caste system - a system placing people in classes based on their socioeconomic status
  • Holi - in march people throw colored paint at each other to heal one another
http://myfantasticindia.com/hinduism-made-really-simple/
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Fast Fact
Treasure ships
The Treasure Fleet was a large group of 317 ships that were all under the command of Zheng He. Running those 317 ships were 30,000 sailors. Sailing on these ships was no easy feat. They were up too 440 feet long and had 9 masts on them. The picture here shows that some of the ships in the Treasure fleet were 4 times the size of Columbus's ships that were only about 85 feet long.
Ma He
Zheng He was originally named Ma He. He was born into a Muslim family in the year 1371 AD.  His name comes the name Muhammad but it is translated into Chinese culture. The reason his name could not be Muhammad was because although the Mongols were very culturally tolerant, they were kicked out of China and the nation went back to its inward facing views.