Study On The Connection Between "the Annexation Of Annan" And "Zheng He’s Voyages" In The Period Of Yongle

The years of Yongle with the Yongle Emperor is the most prosperous period of Ming Dynasty. There are many historical events happened in that great era, "The annexation of Annan" and "Zheng He’s voyages to the Western Seas" are two of them. "The annexation of Annan" was a events in the Yongle period that the emperor of Ming Dynasty zhu di dispatch troops to against his dependency Annan and finally succeeded, the land of Annan was under Ming’s jurisdiction for about twenty years after the victory. "Zheng He’s voyages to the Western Seas" was a great feat in the world’s navigation history. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty sent Zheng He led the army on a long voyage to the Western Seas. The exploration made Chinese became the leading power of the age. Zheng He used the largest treasure boat in the world at that time for his epic voyage, and he’s been a total of more than 30 countries. The biggest impact of this event is the economic and cultural exchange between the Southeast Asian countries. The start time and the end of these two events were very close, and both of them developed with the processes of the policy change in Ming Dynasty. This paper tries to find out the connection between "The annexation of Annan" and "Zheng He’s voyages to the Western Seas" and Focus on the influence of the "The annexation of Annan" to "Zheng He’s voyages to the Western Seas".