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Zheng He's Seven Voyages of the Treasure Fleet (1405–1433)

1402 - 1433

Zheng He's diplomatic missions to Calicut, Malacca, Aden, and Mogadishu (1405–1431)

1403 - 1433

Use of the magnetic compass in Chinese navigation (11th–16th centuries)

1044 - 1628

Treasure Fleet logistics: shipbuilding and provisioning at Nanjing and Longjiang (1402–1435)

1402 - 1553

Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–106 CE)

89 - 113

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and the Cherusci–Rome conflict (9–50 CE)

12 BCE - 47

Strabo's 'Geographica' and compilation of Greek geographic knowledge (c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE)

64 BCE - 1620

Song dynasty merchant voyages to Southeast Asia (960–1279)

960 - 1279

Sidon's Shipyards and Port Activity (c. 10th–4th centuries BCE)

1000 BCE - 351 BCE

Rome and Armenia: client kings and frontier diplomacy (1st–4th centuries CE)

2 - 387

Roman Conquest of Britain under Claudius to Agricola (43–84 CE)

43 - 84

Quanzhou as an international emporium (c. 900–1370)

900 - 1371

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