China is a big country.Later in it's history it had everything it needed inside the borders and the government would only accept silver or gold from European traders. But before it became such a large nation the thing they mainly imported was Horses, they bought them from the Altaic peoples living on the steppes north of China. It was horses that allowed to State of Qin to conquer the rest of China and unite it.
To reach Cathay (China) But instead reached Newfoundland.
Most Confucian officials thought China gained little from trade. They also thought that China benefited little from contact with foreigners. These officials were far more concerned with threats of invasion from Central Asia. So the Ming government ended the maritime voyages.
Silk and porcelain were very sought-after goods.
Mao Zedong's Long March ended in October 1935 when 8000 of the original 80,000 marchers reached Shaanxi Province.
No explorer had that experience.
No explorer had that experience.
that is not a question but the white bears were pandas and the large stags were just regular horses
Cool story, bro. Was there supposed to be a question in there somewhere?
caboto he was a g till he be till he died
Marco Polo
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the Chinese and the Japanese looked up too this becaus ethey thought of it as a relaxation method of there religon.they created the budda in China too.
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Martin Frobisher, an English explorer, believed he had reached China in 1576 but actually landed in what is now Canada. He encountered white bears and stags, mistaken for signs of civilization.
On christopher Columbus's 1st voyage he landed in the Americas which he thought was India
John Cabot