Means and Motives for Overseas Expansion
In terms of motivation for overseas expansion, were peoples such as the Muslims, Indians, and Native Americans more like the Europeans or the Chinese?
I believe that the Muslims, Indians, and Native Americans were more like the Europeans because they didn't have to expand because of overpopulation like the Chinese did. They wanted to expand for trade.
How might history have been changed if the Chinese had mounted a serious and sustained effort to project their power overseas in the decades before da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope?
The Chinese could become a world superpower and control the whole world.
Did other civilizations have the capacity for global expansion in this era?
The only other civilizations that had the capacity for global expansion were the Europeans, but they were not as vast China.
What prevented these other civilizations from launching expeditions similar to those of the Chinese and Europeans?
They didn't want foreigners to effect their religion.
Why did the Chinese fail to foresee the threat that European expansion would pose for the rest of Asia and finally for China itself?
They were too vast and strong to realize the threat that Europe posed.
