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| 111448999 | Zhenghe | Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, between 1405 and 1433. | 0 | |
| 111449000 | Vivaldis | Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a western route to the Indies; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into souther Atlantic. | 1 | |
| 111449001 | Aragon | Along with Castile, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda | 2 | |
| 111449002 | Renaissance | Cultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy c. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages | 3 | |
| 111449003 | Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked beginning of western European expansion | 4 | |
| 111449004 | da Gama, Vasco | Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean. | 5 | |
| 111449005 | Petrarch, Francesco | One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist. | 6 | |
| 111449006 | Romance of the West Chamber | Chinese novel written during the Yuan period; indicative of the continued literary vitality of Chine during Mongol rule. | 7 | |
| 111449007 | Castile | Along with Aragon, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula form Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda | 8 |
