Analyze the EARLY ATLANTIC EXPLORATION 1415-1522 — Portuguese (Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Cabral) and Spanish (Columbus, Magellan) — within global maritime context including ZHENG HE 1405-1433 PRECEDENT
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~15 min hist.g7.s.ex_24

Claim Evidence Warrant

Prompt

Write a 300-word claim-evidence-warrant essay 'Whose Age of Exploration?' refuting Eurocentric framing. Cite Zheng He 1405-1433 + Indian Ocean network + named Indigenous-coastal-peoples encountered.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type rubric essay
rubric
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3
criterion
Refusal of 'discovery'
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3
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Zheng He precedence cited
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3
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Indian Ocean network cited
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3
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1+ Indigenous-coastal-people named
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3
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Warrant
Hints
  1. Indian Ocean had Swahili + Gujarati + Tamil + Arab + Persian merchants 1000+ years before Portuguese.
  2. Refuse 'discovery' per MG-13a.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating Europeans as 'first'
  • Ignoring pre-existing networks
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