After reading Travels with Marco Polo and watching the movie, in two-three paragraphs, select and support which thesis statement is BEST supported. Incorporate specific examples, words or phrases from the reading to support the thesis you chose. You can also use opinions expressed by the experts in the movie to help support your argument. The main evidence should come from the primary source.
THESIS A: Although many people believe Marco Polo wrote the travel journal, there is no evidence that he ever visited China because,
THESIS B: Although many people believe Marco Polo didn’t write the travel journal, there is evidence that he must have visited China because,
THESIS C: Although there is no way to know who actually wrote the travel journal, it is still a good primary source about China in the early 1300s because,
Read The Court of the Great Khan (30), Marco Polo Lives Among the Tartars (35) and Marco Polo’s Travels in Cathay (39)
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