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What if the Chinese or conquered the world rather than the Europeans

Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:06 pm
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:06 pm
They were certainly more technologically advanced for much of history, had larger cities (big surprise), and during the Ming dynasty embarked on an expedition with a huge armada of ships but then just packed it up and focused inwards instead.

What would the world be like if everything had an Asian influence rather than Western European. Would it be noticeably different and for the better or worse?
Posted by jimbeam
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:07 pm to
Our goods would all be Chinese made

Wait what
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:08 pm to
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:09 pm to
More racism

less dogs
Posted by hombreman9
USA
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:11 pm to
Liveleak would have been invented in the 80’s.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:12 pm to
Your shoes would be made in European sweat shops
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:13 pm to
LINK

Zheng He (Chinese: ??; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family, later adopted the conferred surname Zheng from Emperor Yongle.[2] Zheng commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. His larger ships stretched 120 meters or more in length. These carried hundreds of sailors on four tiers of decks.[3]
Posted by mjax57
Vinings, GA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:14 pm to
We would all be driving four cylinder Toyota’s to our Dojo.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:16 pm to
More Asian mixed women FTW

2 keys to world peace

1. Asian women
2. Beef Jerky
3. Dr Pepper
4. Alcohol
5. Math
Posted by PrimeTime Money
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:17 pm to
quote:

Ching chong bing bong.
It would look like that on TigerDroppings.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:18 pm to
quote:

What would the world be like if everything had an Asian influence rather than Western European. Would it be noticeably different and for the better or worse?



You would probably be running a cheap all you can eat American buffet in Shanghai.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
62122 posts
Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:19 pm to
quote:

during the Ming dynasty embarked on an expedition with a huge armada of ships but then just packed it up and focused inwards instead.


Why?
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31591 posts
Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:21 pm to
The Chinese thought of themselves as the center of the world and everything outside of their borders as barbarians. Sounds familiar actually.
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:30 pm to
The Chinese thought outsiders were barbaric.

The Greeks thought outsiders were barbaric.

Both thought they were the epicenter.

I think after Zheng He, the Chinese just said "no more". They were well on their way to beating out all of the Columbeses to exploration.
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:35 pm to
We’d have no wailwroad
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 3:47 pm to
We'd just want to conquer someone else in an hour or two.

RIP, LucasP.
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 4:39 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/26/20 at 8:10 pm
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
36508 posts
Posted on 11/17/18 at 4:42 pm to
Obviously if Europeans had never conquered the new world, the Indians would still be living in primitive splendor.

:rolls eyes:

Your OP is an interesting point. Someone was going to take over the Americas. What would it be like had those explorers been Chinese?
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
62122 posts
Posted on 11/17/18 at 4:49 pm to
quote:

the Indians would still be living in primitive splendor.


Asian ancestry themselves, if you accept Beringia. Would they have held up to diseases brought by Chinese explorers because of genetics? We know the effect of European diseases.
Posted by DrunkerThanThou
Unfortunately Mississippi
Member since Feb 2013
2846 posts
Posted on 11/17/18 at 4:49 pm to
1958 defense would’ve been called the “European Bandits”
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