Question Answered step-by-step Recent historical studies suggest that China, from the Han through…Recent historical studies suggest that China, from the Han through the Ming dynasties, was the real power center of Eurasia before 1500 C.E. What evidence exists to support this point? Did Chinese culture and political influence extend over areas outside of China? Might China have expanded overseas instead of Western Europe during the 1400s? Why ultimately did it not do so?History World History HIST 152