Christopher Columbus

James Cook

Abel Tasman

Zheng He

fleet

under the command of…

court

ambassador

awareness

renew

prosper

the Mediterranean Sea

the Red Sea

Ceylon

ivory zebra shell giraffe spice

rhinoceros

rhinoceros horn

1. Which two countries’ relations does this passage focus on?

2. In what times did the two countries meet with each other?

Africa and China

In 97 AD, Gan Ying, a Chinese ambassador went to the East Roman Empire over land.In the 11th century, the Africans made several voyages to the court of the Song Dynasty.In the years between 1405 and 1433, seven large treasure fleets sailed westwards to the eastern coast of Africa.

Development of the relations

Three times of meetings

How were the meetings?

had contacts with along the Silk Road

met …, heard about

over land

the East Roman Empire

developed into…

was taken prisoner by…

wandering through…

made voyages to

&

led to the awareness of …

Indian Ocean

the South China Sea

the Red Sea

sail westwards on voyages of…

under the command of…

set sail from…

a royalpresent

The gift and the contact so excited…that…

generous response The

exchange of goods…