World War I began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918. This war is also called as the Great War, and it happened in Europe. Many of the countries, which had the world's great powers, has participated in this war separated into two opposing alliances, the Allies and the Central Powers. In the Allies, there were United Kingdom, France, Russia and in the Central Powers, there were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy. Many people had suffered from this life, since it killed about 9 million people. Many people believe that the World War I started because of these four reasons, Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Different countries wanted to show that they are the strongest country, so they wanted to fight others to prove that they are the strongest. Countries started to build up strong armies, which is nationalism and militarism. Also, since countries were alliances to different countries, when one country participated in the war, others had to support them. Not only this but World War I also happened because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Zheng He

In our AP World History class, had been watching many videos about Zheng He and we were able to learn about him, his life story, and his achievements. Zheng He was a mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages. He was had birth in the year of 1371 and he was born in Yunnan, China. Zheng He was from the poor Muslim family, so therefore he started to study about his religion when he was very young. Also Zheng He’s descendants were Arabic. During his young age, when the Ming Dynasty forces defeated the Yuan Dynasty, unfortunately, his father got executed. Not only this, but Zheng He, himself got castrated also. 

After this he entered into imperial service, and was sent to Beiping, which is current day Beijing, for purpose of serving Zhu Di, the prince of Yan. When Zheng He was sent to Zhu Di, because of his brilliance and loyalty, Zhu Di trusted him very much. Therefore, later Zheng He was able to become Zhu Di’s personal bodyguard and was able to learn and show his smartness and leadership abilities. For many years, he stayed with Zhu Di being successful on campaigns and battles. Since he had gained so much trust from Zhu Di and also he knew that Zheng He was very intelligent and had many extraordinary abilities, he was able to be an ideal commander for the voyages. Nowadays, Zheng He is still remembered by many people in the world. He was a most famous maritime explorer, and that his extraordinary abilities made people to remember him as that way. He had achieved such things as exploration, foreign diplomacy and military affairs also. Zheng He was very intelligent and hard working man, who gain trusts from people by showing his own abilities very well.