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 Where was Vasco da Gama came from?

Vasco da Gama was from Sines, Portugal.

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Who ended the yuan dynasty and what dynasty did he/ she began?

Zhu Yuanzhang ended yuan dynasty, and he began the ming dynasty.

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What was the Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange was the massive, post-1492 transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, and epidemic diseases between the Americas (the New World) and Afro-Eurasia (the Old World), triggered by Christopher Columbus’s voyages.

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Where did Vasco da Gama gone to?

Vasco da Gama gone to Africa, Asia, especially India.

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Who was Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest son?

Zhu Biao is Zhu Yuanzhang’s biggest son.

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When did it begin?

1492, following Christopher Columbus's first landing in the Americas, and continued for centuries as global trade networks expanded.

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Where did Christopher Columbus came from and gone to?

Christopher Columbus came from Genoa, Italy and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain to land in the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and parts of Central and South America.

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What was the capital of the Yuan Dynasty

The main capital was established at Dadu (modern-day Beijing), also known historically as Khanbaliq. They also maintained a summer capital at Shangdu (famous in the West as Xanadu).

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Who coined the term?

The term was coined and studied in depth by American historian Alfred Crosby.

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Why and where and when did Vasco da Gama dead?

Vasco da Gama died on December 24, 1524, in Kochi, India, from an illness-likely malaria-contracted during his third voyage while serving as the Portuguese viceroy in India.

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How was Yuan society structured?

The Mongols implemented a rigid four-class social hierarchy to maintain control over the majority Han population.

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Who was Francisco Coronado?

Francisco Coronado was a 16th-century Spanish explorer and conquistador who led a major expedition through the American Southwest and Kansas between 1540 and 1542 while searching for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold.

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What did Zhu Yuanzhang did?

Zhu Yuanzhang, also known as the Hongwu Emperor (reigned 1368–1398), was the founder of China’s Ming Dynasty. Rising from extreme poverty as a peasant and beggar monk, he led a historic rebellion that overthrew the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty and restored Han Chinese rule.