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t with Arab merchants and heard about the westernmost lands. They developed into the world’s trading center for ivory, spices,rhinoceros horns and so on. 4. What led to the meeting between black people and a Chinese? 5. Who was Du Huan? What did he write? 6. What did it mean after the Africans made voyages to the court of the Song Dynasty? 7. How many fleets? What was Zhenghe’s sea route? What presents did the Ming court give Africa? The Arabic contacts to the African coast . He was taken prisoner by the Arabic army. He wrote his Record of My Travels. It was a major development that the Africans were reaching out to China. They set sail from the South China Sea …the Indian Ocean…the Red Sea…further south. What is the main idea of the whole passage? In your opinion, what makes people explore the new place? It talks about Chinese explorations, especially the contacts between China and Africa. Trade and curiosity. Put the sentences in good order. the eleventh century, the Africans made several voyages to the court of the song dynasty. from the Arabic countries began to travel to the Sw