# If China Found Europe?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-china-found-europe/621172>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-china-found-europe/621172 "2012-05-07T15:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eastwest99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@Eastwest99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eastwest99)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-china-found-europe/621172/1 "2012-05-07T15:03:06Z")

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If the Ming Dynasty fleets had discovered a direct sea route to Europe in the Early 15th century, would China have conqured and colonized Europe? Why or Why not? How does does analysis apply to current East-West relations?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-china-found-europe/621172/2 "2012-05-07T15:09:23Z")

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Reported for forum change.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-china-found-europe/621172/3 "2012-05-07T17:27:03Z")

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Eastwest99, you have submitted 8, (so far), threads asking General Questions regarding historical China in multiple fora.

Knock it off.

We do not permit homework questions.

We do not permit spamming the board.

We really prefer that posters pay attention to the rules and the culture of the board.

Take a deep breath. Read over the descriptions of each forum to see what sort of post is appropriate to it.

Closed.