Is historical context the most important factor when analyzing a historical narrative?

Historical context is the most important to consider when analyzing a historical narrative beacuse it helps people understand at the time, they wrote the context.

assuming that by westerners you mean americans. that they were mean and controlling and abusive to its peasants.

explanation:

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration