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ts with, India, the Red Sea civilisations, the earliest times 3. the Arabic, contact to, the African coast, lead to, meeting, black people, a Chinese Retelling 4. between the Han and early the Tang, Swahili kingdoms, islands off the African coast, develop, trade centre 5. eleventh century, the Africans, make, voyage, the court of the Song Dynasty 6. by the beginning of the fifteenth century, ripe, grand meeting, between China and Africa Retelling 7. Zheng He, lead, seven, fleets, sail, westwards, between 1405 and 1433 8. Zheng He, renew, relations, the kingdoms of the East African coast 9. the exploration, the Ming Dynasty, stop, 1433, economic Homework ? 1. Write a summary of the text. ? 2. Learn the new words and phrases occurring in the text.