The affirmative is true.
Kublai Khan was a Mongol emperor and had a big importance with the contact between China and The West. He increased trade routes in Asia and was a good supporter of science and the arts. Marco Polo was the explorer who went more the China during that time and was one of the responsibles for the connection between the empire and the west.
This also happened during the Crusades. When the Crusaders went to the Middle East they saw the advanced trade system there and they learned advanced mathematics and numeral systems. This made Europe open to new ideas and products
It imposed a trade embargo against Cuba.