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Figure China / Indian Ocean explorer

Zheng He

1371 CE – 1433 CE · 62 years

The Muslim eunuch admiral who commanded 317 ships and 27,800 men across the Indian Ocean to Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and East Africa — two generations before Columbus set sail — and whose voyages were then deliberately erased.

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Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

1389 CE – still standing

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

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1332 CE – 1406 CE

Conflict

Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane)

1370 CE – 1405 CE

Landmark

Jiaohe Ruins

200 BCE – 1400 CE

Polity

Oirat Confederation

1399 CE – 1628 CE

Figure · France

Christine de Pizan

1364 CE – 1430 CE

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1389 CE Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 1399 CE Bibi-Khanym Mosque 1371 CE Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans 1380 CE Muscovite–Mongol Wars 1381 CE English Peasants' Revolt 1386 CE Milan Cathedral

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