| ISBN13: | 9780367266158 |
| ISBN10: | 0367266156 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 101 pages |
| Size: | 215x135 mm |
| Language: | English |
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China and Africa in the Middle Ages
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First published in 1972: The Author brings together the arguments of those who see China?s first African ventures as a response to the lure of the exotic, and the counter-arguments of those who see the great Ming expeditions to East Africa in terms of Chinese aspirations to naval dominance of the Indian Ocean.
First published in 1972: The Author brings together the arguments of those who see China?s first African ventures as a response to the lure of the exotic, and the counter-arguments of those who see the great Ming expeditions to East Africa in terms of Chinese aspirations to naval dominance of the Indian Ocean.
1. Introduction 2. From the Han Dynasty to the T?ang and Sung Dynasties 3. The Expansion and Deployment of China?s Navy 4. The earliest Chinese Descriptions of African Countries 5. China?s Westward Ventures in the Early Ming Period 6. Chinese Account of Brava, Giumbo and Mogadishu 7. Chinese Coins and Porcelain on the East African Coast 8. The Dates of the Early Ming Voyages to the West 9. Cheng Ho?s Two Inscriptions 10. The Ending of the Chinese Expeditions to the Western Seas and Africa