What Was the Significance of the Chinese Decision to End

question 35

Essay

What was the significance of the Chinese decision to end the journeys of Zheng He? Why did Yongle send Zheng He out in the first place? Compare Zheng He's journeys of exploration to their European equivalents.Why were the Chinese journeys stopped? What did this change mean for China?

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Definitions:

Standards

Established norms or criteria which define acceptable levels of quality, behavior, or performance.

Affect People

A broad term that could relate to how emotions and mood influence human behavior and interaction.

Overjustification Effect

A phenomenon where providing excessive external rewards for an already internally rewarding activity reduces a person's intrinsic motivation.

Example

A representative case or model that illustrates a general rule or serves as a typical instance of a particular phenomenon.