Using the Essay Instructions below and the attached sources, your essay must address all of the following questions:
What were the main reasons Europeans sought new trade routes to Asia, particularly to China and India?
Give reasons for your answers. In addition, what positive features did Marco Polo describe about Yuan (Mongol) China?
While Europeans were interested in Yuan (Mongol) and Ming China, why on the other hand did China pull back from exploration under the Ming dynasty?
From his letter, where did Columbus believe that his voyage of exploration had arrived?
In what ways did Marco Polos account of China appear to influence what Christopher Columbus expected to find during his voyage of exploration?
How did Christopher Columbus describe the New World and the Native peoples he encountered?
How did Columbus descriiption of the New World ultimately differ from Marco Polos descriiption of China? Your essay should be generally free of spelling, grammatical, and stylistic errors. You should use complete sentences and paragraphs. A paragraph is comprised of 4-6 sentences. Your essay should have an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement that provides the essays argument, the main body of several supporting paragraphs that address the questions, and a conclusion that wraps up the essay and refers again to the thesis statement. Your essay should be indented at the beginning of each paragraph.
Your essay should be typed in 12-point font with a simple, clean font such as Times New Roman. Use 1? inch margins on all sides and double-space the text.
Excluding citations, your essay must contain a minimum of 1,000 words.
Your essay should provide specific examples and use evidence in answering the questions. This includes citing sources. As a general rule of thumb, your essay should have at least one citation per paragraph. Your essay must not contain lengthy or block quotations.
You should avoid plagiarism. The use of outside sources is forbidden. You should only cite the attached sources.
