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Jan 1, 1405
zheng he takes his first journey
Travels all over the indian ocean -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince henry founds first navigation school
Starts exploration and trade -
Jan 1, 1433
Ming China adopts isolationist policy following Zheng He's seventh voyage
belived country best served by avoiding international trade agreements or other mutual assistance pacts -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola
belives that he is in the east indies but was first EUROPEAN (non viking) to find the "new world" -
Jan 1, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the treaty of Todesillas
Split world for spain and portugal after finding americas -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco de Gama reaches India
Starts trade routes and becomes extremely sucessful -
Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun of japan
Begins millitary dictatorship -
Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China
Manchus conquered the Ming beginning of the Qing
