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- - - - Explored with large fleets carrying thousands of men and hundreds of ships
        
        No intent to impose Chinese culture or religion and no imperialistic intents
        
        China was a single unified state and thus orders gave a definite end to maritime exploration
      - Chinese Junk which as a large flat-bottomed ship that allowed the mass transportation of goods
    - - They explored with smaller fleets of around a hundred men with dozens of ships
      - Explored with the intent to spread European culture and Christianity and to colonize foreign lands
        
        Europe was a collection of states which resulted in rivalry driving maritime explorations
  - - - Mansa Musa was a wealthy West African ruler who was a Muslim and details of his lavish pilgrimage to the Mecca have been recorded in accounts
    - - Through China Buddhism reaches Japan and Korea and a more popular form of Buddhism known as Mayahana Buddhism develops
        
        Zen Buddhism develops in Japanese incorporating parts of their culture with Buddhists ideals
    - - Extent is shown through the Angkor Wat and Borobudur temples in present day Cambodia and Indonesia
    - - Creation of Swahili language which combines Bantu and Arabic