Ming conquest of Yunnan
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The Ming dynasty expelled the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty from China proper in the 1380s.
Ming conquest of Yunnan 1381–1382
Zheng He
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Zheng He was a Chinese admiral and diplomat from the early Ming dynasty. His extensive explorations along the Indian Ocean led to a major increase in China's political and commercial influence. A eunu
Ming conquest of Yunnan
…380 captured Mongol and Muslim captives after the war. This led to many of them becoming eunuchs and serving the Ming Emperor. One of the eunuchs was Zheng He. In Luchuan (in modern-day Ruili and northern Myanmar), Möng Mao forces rebelled against the Ming from 1386 to 1389 and again from 1397 to 1398…
Statue from a modern monument to Zheng He at the Stadthuys museum in Malacca City, Malaysia
Sculpture in Zheng He Park, Kunyang, featuring a young Zheng He with his father Ma Hajji
Artist's illustration of Zheng He's fleet
Galle Trilingual Inscription, left by Zheng He in Sri Lanka in 1409