<span>he wanted to find a new way to circumnavigate the world </span>
Explanation:
Under his leadership, the Communist Party took power in mainland China in 1949, making it an authoritarian regime, and thus proclaimed the new People's Republic, following the victory in the chinese Revolution against the forces of the Republic of China. The communist victory led to Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang followers fleeing to Taiwan and made Mao the top leader of China until his death in 1976.
The reason that gave birth to similarities between the Almoravid and the Almohad empires which were Muslim dynasties was the pilgrimage that they undertook. This is because as a result of this pilgrimage, they brought back foreign Arabic culture and influences to their respective empires. Because the origin of these cultures was the same, it lent similarity to the two empires.