zaragenca wrote:This is in relation to the comment of Olsongo in the Giraldo's posting...In fact the Chinese went to Africa before the Europeans and did a lot of trade with the Africans,(during the time of the emperor Yung Lo,(Ming/Dynasty),a Buddhist.Dr. Zaragemca
ABAKUA wrote:I think you misunderstood the jest.
Chinese trade in Africa is well documented and known by many people, the info is easilly available in libraries, online and by many published and respected/credible writers.
The jest was in the vagueness of the initial post.
My question was a serious one, relating to what year/era this voyage of Chango to China was.
pavloconga wrote:They and the marvelous gift so excited China's curiosity about Africa that Zheng He sent word to the kingdom of Mogadishu (then one of the most powerful trading states in East Africa and now the capitol of modern Somalia) and to other African states, inviting them to send ambassadors to the Ming emperor."
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