Tonight for homework, please watch a section of THIS youtube video. You can watch the whole thing (its interesting!) but 56:42 - 1:21:35 is the main section to watch.
Pay attention to Menzie's use of evidence. He is kind of what you DON'T want to be as a historian - he uses makes the evidence fit his thesis, and not creating a thesis after analyzing evidence.
Post the following answer to the question below:
Do you buy Menzie's argument that Zheng He's fleet made it to America before Colombus? Evaluate the evidence he used and explain why or why not?
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