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Assignment 1: Who Were The First Americans?

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ssignment 1: Who Were The First Americans?
Please answer each question below. Furthermore, your answers should contain at least 4 sentences for each numbered set of questions. You can simply type your answers below each set of questions below. Then, save your answers and submit them to the link available in Moodle. Please note that the link checks for plagiarism. So, make sure that you answer these questions in your OWN WORDS.
1.) What evidence exists that Chinese sailors landed off of the coast of the Americas in 1421? Is there evidence that a Buddhist monk traveled to America 1,000 years earlier than 1421? How clear is the evidence?
Existing evidence that can prove that Chinese sailors landed on American coasts in 1421 includes the engineering of Junk ships used during fleets. Due to the design of the ships, the Chinese could skillfully travel across large distances. The world map that has been dated and credited to the Chinese also supports the notion that the Chinese were exploring the world before Columbus. The Bimini Rocks, which appear to be manmade, and the stone anchors found on California’s coast also suggest that the Chinese had voyaged and explored these points before Columbus. Evidence that a Buddhist monk traveled to America a …show more content…

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