The first European explorers to arrive in China were greeted by the native Chinese. The explorers exchanged gifts and ideas. The European explorers took tea back to Europe.
The first European explorers to arrive in China were the Portuguese. They were loud and disorderly and frightened the people. The Chinese court ordered them to be driven away.
A lot of things happened when the European explorers first arrived in China. China was not very impressed with the ideas and merchandise that were brought over from Europe.
China and/or India.
They started going to China to trade.
China
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A lot of things happened when the European explorers first arrived in China. China was not very impressed with the ideas and merchandise that were brought over from Europe.
China and/or India.
They started going to China to trade.
China
China
It's important since he was one of the first Europeans to reach China and serve at the court of different emperors. His records have been an important tool for historians to learn about life in China in the 13th century.
They became asian and squinted to see who it was and thus their eye today.
The crusades were responsible for the loss of trade from China through the middle east. So people wanted their spices and silks and were willing to try going west to get to China.
They were looking for the way to reach China, Japan and other eastern countries with which establish business relation, that is the mythical Northwest Passage.
Most likely it would have been China, not a European nation. The Portuguese first arrived in Japan in the year 1543.
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what was chinas economic policies before the mongols arrived