From 1405 to 1450, seven major trading trips of the Ming Dynasty led to the opening of many trade routes, connecting not only China but all of Asia with the Muslim countries of the Middle East and many African countries. These trips were under the command of the Emperor Zhu Di, and would allow the Chinese to explore new territories and thus be able to establish trade and diplomatic agreements with kings and emperors of distant lands. The fleet was built great and full of treasures on the ships, along with many ambassadors, with the intention of astonishing the kings of the lands visited and earning their tributes. Historically, journeys of the Ming dynasty travel served as a first way of uniting Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the exchange of different materials, customs and technologies, along those journeys.
With a totalitarian dictator, some of the changes would be the following:
- No voting
- No legislative or judicial branch
- No balance of power
- The executive (dictator) would always have the final say in every matter.
This answer seems to be inadequate, I believe.
Generally speaking, yes, many of the early philosophes were optimistic about the future of humankind because they saw in man an individual nature that was separate from that which ties man to the state or polis--meaning that they saw in man an unrestricted ability to achieve any goal.
<span>After Daniel Boone and his party widened it, it was called Wilderness Road. </span>
