A couple of things not mentioned was that Cheng Ho was a Muslim and fought a a land in Sri Lanka which he won - given his was a small maritime force - not a bad effort. The Ming were a great dynasty- weakened by help to Koreans to beat the Japanese in the Imjin war, leaving them vulnerable to Manchu attack. Chinese history is amazing - great culture with a great history. All the best from down under Lewis Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

@DelAoc

3 күн бұрын

The Ming Empire was really weakened by internal revolts more than anything else. The great expense in re-building the Great Wall also drained the imperial coffers severely. At the end, it was the Chinese peasants who brought down the Ming, not the Manchus.

@koganinja100

3 күн бұрын

Interesting, it is true there were internal problem’s (rebellion s) however militarily the Manchu’s did end up invading and taking over a greatly weakened Ming. I have read the expenditure and military losses in Korea during Imjin war against Japan was an important factor also. Unfortunately last real Chinese dynasty before 1911. Thanks for the reply. All the best Lewis

@davidjacobs8558

2 күн бұрын

yes, Zheng He was a Muslim, and not Han Chinese. he was described as colored eyed (meaning not Far East Asian). His navigational skills are that of Muslim culture, and shipbuilding technology is also of Muslim. Not Chinese. that's why China lost all it's navigation skill and shipbuilding tech after Zheng He's death.

@user-lz1sn8mz3r

2 күн бұрын

鄭和霸佔了斯里蘭卡的一塊土地？真的嗎？

@koganinja100

2 күн бұрын

Thanks David v interesting

That magical Chinese map shows that noot only Chinese discovered Americas but went around it and mapped even northern pass over canada, what an accomplishment 😮😮😮

I think China found Australia long before Britian did

@koganinja100

6 күн бұрын

I believe you are right check out Taoist statue found in bottle tree in North territory. Lewis

@xggong8261

4 күн бұрын

As a Chinese, there is no evidence that Zheng He discovered Australia. Although Zheng He was nearly a hundred years earlier than Columbus, his purpose was to promote the country's prestige, not to seize colonies and conduct scientific exploration, so the West took the lead in completing the great voyage. Created great geographical discoveries.

@mingpoyang

2 күн бұрын

​@@koganinja100 It appears this Taoist statue of Shou Lao was dug up in 1879. Currently it is on display in Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. Fascinating.

@koganinja100

2 күн бұрын

Thanks Mingpoyang didn’t realise this statue was at the powerhouse museum- will have to check it out. All the best Lewis

@hanzocloud

21 сағат бұрын

Doesn’t matter who’s been here sight seeing in the past, the Egyptians could have been here in the past.. what matters is who colonised it and transform the place. That is the British my friend

Anyway just trading , no intention of colonizing

@SSHitMan

5 күн бұрын

China colonized lots of places.

Absolutely fantastic video! Thanks for sharing!

So glad you are covering Zhang He's fleet on your channel

People Left a reply about Australia however seems to have disappeared- crux of it was that a Daoist statue was found inside a Boab (bottle tree was hit by chainsaw statue was made of bronze) tree from memory near Darwin believed to have been from Cheng Ho’s fleet. Our Aboriginal people in Northern Territory were known to trade using Chinese coins and have stories of Chinese visiting. The coins maybe from subsequent trading with Indonesians re abalone. As an Australian I have no doubt Cheng Ho’s fleet visited our country. A very interesting and important part of our history. Chinese have been a great part of our history even during colonial gold rush etc. All the best from down under. Lewis Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️🇹🇼🇨🇳

*hundreds of years earlier from the 12th - 14th century the visayan armada frequently crossed the WPS to china ... the imperial chinese finally saw and learned how to build large seafaring ships that can cross the sea after they have seen visayan tribesmen from the philippines on their large sailing ships anchored in deeper waters from their coast (the Pi-she yah then transfers to rafts) when they raided the chinese coastlands*

If Polynesia can be populated i cannot see how the Chinese cannot sail across the Pacific or the Indian oceans.

This channel is correct that China is the giant of the sea with the first sea voyage in 1502 during the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Di. 明王朝，朱棣，永樂年間15O2年派鄭和第一次下西洋。明朝共七次出海洋。

@user-ks3bh1xe5q

19 сағат бұрын

You are wrong. It's not 1502, but rather, it's early 15th century or early 1400s.

Great stuff.

This outght to be good 😊

Its Real good.

Before 13th Century, the Portuguese started concurring Africa and eventually came to East Africa, Ancient China and Arabic already dominated the ocean that their ships can reach including East Africa.... that's why Magellan could get the tracer of India from people in East Africa coast. In fact the Mediterranean had been well aware of China and India as they've been trading for centuries... over the land and sea. Over the years, Arabic aimed for spices and porcelain that needed in Mediterranean Sea and Europe Continents while China is the Exporters or the middleman due to large coverage of Overseas Chinese all over that region... Very few people know Arabic Merchants have great influence in China during Song and Yuen dynasty, they were assigned with official positions and their own forces units But Ming dynasty's downgrade Arabic may had jeopardised the trade relationship....Thus no positive feedbacks after 7 voyages performed by Cheng Hu With the super power of the oversea Chinese superseded by the Western powers. The Arabic and Chinese have to step down from the stage of Sea transportation.

@DelAoc

3 күн бұрын

There was Marco Polo and his trips to Cathay to meet Kublai Khan of course.

China invented gunpowder.

Heard this is good

China is finally rule the world with peace and prosperity for all humanity.

Think that they are still using them today 😂

Do some research about chola dynasty habibi the real GOT

"Real History"

That was deffenately not a warship armada. Otherwise rhe chinese had already clolonised those costs.

@RUHappyATM

2 күн бұрын

Could it be that the Ming wasn't into colonization?

@user-lz1sn8mz3r

2 күн бұрын

@@RUHappyATM沒有，中國從沒有進行任何殖民，周圍陸地相鄰國家，諸如朝鮮，越南都是獨立國家，但是屬於中國藩屬國，直到地理大發現歐洲人殖民，越南就變為了法國的殖民地，中國也在同時期變為半殖民地

@walhdamaskus2408

Күн бұрын

@@RUHappyATM , Ming wasnt white enough.

Actually there is some questionable areas on the west coast of america in northern California and Oregon of pre Columbus but the powers to be want whats being told to be right that Columbus discovered america but he didnt.

@LadyCoyKoi

10 күн бұрын

Yep. They don't acknowledge the Viking ships at the eastern areas of the US either. Not to mention the evidence of Mansa Musa of Mali empire.

@graham2631

8 күн бұрын

Columbus discovered some islands. But 500 years before vikings settled in eastern Canada. It's possible the Chinese made it to the west coast. Only the church thought the world was flat.

@VaxtorT

8 күн бұрын

​@@graham2631the church believing the earth was flat is a myth. Where you been?

@VaxtorT

8 күн бұрын

​@@LadyCoyKoiActually, most historians do recognize the Viking landings....and many acknowledge possible Chinese and Japanese landings along the west coast ....... Polynesian landings also. And have fine so for quite some time now. Where you been?

@xavisanchez7522

4 күн бұрын

Actually the current lack of education in mainstream history narrative means you are all prone to lie, because you have been lied, not because you are a liar. Liars are the mainstream current country narratives. Columbus is an alias, his name is JOAN COLOM I BERTRAN, from the same CATALAN nation like CABOT,DRAGÓ, and all founders of the Companies. By the way, the Companies, the Catalan ones, were created in 14 century, exactly the same ones that the levant company took and later the US mariners

Zhen He could be the nephew who preferred to explore the world than be an emperor. So he orchestrated the palace coup claim gone blind and disappeared without a trace but claimed to had been killed.

This narrative is very superficial. Even high school history textbooks in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia provide more substantive information.

Few people know that Zheng He also sailed these ships to the moon and created a settlement there way before Neil Armstrong landed.

@PeteHagen-sm4tn

4 күн бұрын

Few people are aware Admiral Zheng He sailed the Great Treasure Fleet to Alpha Centauri where he established the first Panda Express.😉

@nickcoulter973

4 күн бұрын

@@PeteHagen-sm4tn Few people know that Zheng He sailed these ships to the center of the earth, found dinosaurs there, and brought them back to the surface, thus establishing the Mesozoic Era. Even fewer people know that he then wrote a book about his journey to the center of the earth, which was improperly credited to Jules Verne because of a mistranslation. Only a handful of people know that Zheng He created genetics, so that he could create a lineage eventually leading to the birth of American legend Brendan Fraser, so that he could star in a movie based on the aforementioned book.

@RUHappyATM

2 күн бұрын

Yes they did. The reason? They wanted to make sure the legend of Chang E is real! Even today, if you stare hard enough you can see the Jade Rabbit on the moon. Strewth, Mate.

the exact kind of ships that would disintegrate in the open seas. that is why no relics of any kind were found for this overhyped ships.

@DelAoc

3 күн бұрын

Apparently a Ming Emperor turned all his great ships into bonfires. Ming Emperors were well known for doing crazy things.

Size of the wooden ships has been debunked. You need lots of iron bracing to make large wooden ships. Rest of story is possibly exaggerated but might be true.

@yunko9369

3 күн бұрын

can you post the source

@gs547

3 күн бұрын

@@yunko9369 I recall Kroum Batchvarov, naval historian, mentioning it someplace. I also ran across this somewhere in reading about the first iron battleships. Can't locate these sources, but you can see the problem is referred to in this Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_wooden_ships

Taifun is a Japanese word.

@zehechen920

3 күн бұрын

japan have no culture or langauge, sushi kimono Katana Sumo karate Cherry blossom orgami Bonsai tree Zen garden your infrastructure, music instrument, festival's all copied from china

@RUHappyATM

2 күн бұрын

Do you mean Typhoon? If so, Wiki thinks its origin is from the Chinese.

Being older, I can remember when this theory was initiated by a person in Britain, however, it never happened on a global scale and remains just that, a theory. It's not helpful when its presented as factual, except for the CCP.

They were so lucky they didnt enncounter any Freak Waves.!! Or else they would have been blown away without a trace. Amazing achievement indeed!!