Did China Reach Africa Before Columbus Reached America? 🤯 #shorts #history #shorts

Añadido: 2026-06-03

[00:00:02]70 years before Columbus, a Chinese admiral [music] docked on the East African coast and brought a giraffe back to the emperor.

[00:00:09]His name was Zheng He, also written Ching Ho.

[00:00:13]Ming Dynasty admiral.

[00:00:15]He made two [music] voyages to East Africa. 1417 to 1419, then 1421 to 1422.

[00:00:23]He didn't come to conquer. He came to trade.

[00:00:25]The Swahili [music] coast was a global trading hub long before Europeans figured out the Indian Ocean.

[00:00:31]Then the Ming [music] Dynasty decided the voyages were too expensive. They shut them down. The Portuguese arrived 80 years later.

[00:00:40]Different history if China hadn't quit.