aug 1, 1582 - Matteo Ricci Arrives in China

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After the outbreak of the Black Death and the collapse of the Yuan dynasty, Christianity had been wiped out in China. Missionaries began to arrive to reestablish Christianity here, including Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci. When he arrived, he immersed himself in Chinese studies and also introduced European technologies to China.

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