The Muslim empires

The book probably put the ottoman,Safavids and Mughals together since they are all Muslim empires. This could be a good thing because you can see the Muslim empire progressed and how they adapted. It may be confusing because they do mix them all up in paragraphs and sometimes it is difficult
To tell the difference between the three. Also sometimes it is difficult to differentiate the time periods in which each of the empires existed and the location of the empires. I think the period of global interaction was a good thing. They learned about the cultures of different places, and their culture changed with the other people. They were sort of infused into one.

Fabian Fucan and his hatred of Christianity

Fucan has a lot of hatred for Christianity, but what he really hates is that he strayed form his original religion to practice a new one, and in the end he reverted back to neo- Confucianism. He discusses everything he hates about Christianity and compiles it in an essay. To begin, he says that the Christian people want to destroy Buddhism in Japan, and that they made it their goal to destroy it. They want to subvert the Royal Sway, overthrow the Buddhas and gods, and eliminate the Japanese customs. This goes in to the political part, in which they want to overthrow the Japanese government and make it more westernized and incorporate Christianity into the government. Fucan criticizes the fact that they have martyrs, and that they kill themselves for their religion. For the historical part, he says how they took over other lands, and basically dominated them. He believes that Japan is much better than all the other conquered areas. Lastly,on social aspect, Fucan believes that they want to get rid of everything Japanese, and just make them extremely westernized.

Chapter 26 show me

So I worked with Sam, Nrupa, Shannon, and Melissa. We each did our own show me for different pages in the chapter.

Me(pgs 696-700) http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=jlGPHfs

Shannon(700-705) http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=iwh3SQi

Melissa(705-710) http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=k4a0MLI

Sam(711-715)http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=JFOqKUi

Nrupa(716-718)http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=EfIKRiC

Haha... Capitalism

I think the reason that Christianity keeps on splitting up into different forms is mainly becuase when people don't like something in the religion,they change, and then other people begin to follow them. First of all, people began to resent the Roman catholic church, and it's involvement in politics. If you look at Martin Luther, he didn't like their principles so he changed them,and started something new. He then gained some followers and boom, there was Lutheran Christianity. As for capitalism... I honestly have no idea what it is. I've heard about it, and I learned about it, but I guess my brain can't retain the knowledge about it. So ummm yeah

The Great Griots

The griots had many pros, but they had many cons as well. To begin, griots were a very simple way to pass on history. It was passed on from generation to generation. People never had to go to great lengths to hear their songs and stories because chances are there was always a griot near you. Also, they were able to break the history down in a way that was easy to understand and easy to remember. Since most of their stories were told by song, people would probably song those songs at home and remember them. The bad part about them though is that the information may not be extremely accurate. With the story we read for homework tonight, I highly doubt that their leader was that amazing, and I highly doubt that their city flourished that much. It is easy for people to change around the history to fit their needs. That might just be to make the story more entertaining,or the song more catchy. In this day in age,I would say that a textbook is so much more efficient than a griot story. It contains more relevant and accurate facts,and it is not subjective. But, back then when paper was in very short supply and expensive, I think that the griots worked just well. I mean their storied couldn't be all wrong,they had to have some factual backing to them. Hopefully....

Those darn mongols!

The trial was honestly so much fun! I love activities that are interacting like this and they really help me understand what is going on. I was really happy that I was on prosecution becuase it way easier, and I believed what I was saying. I liked being a witness becuase it seemed pretty straight forward. The direct examination was easy, becuase it was all planned, but I have to say, I did enjoy my self maybe a little too much in the cross examination. Going back to the Mongols, I think that they were one hundred percent ruthless leaders. Yes, their military was amazing, and their conquest was brilliant, but that doesn't take away from the fact that they stole so many lives. That they tortured and killed thousands. If I were to judge them, without being biased, I would definitely say that they were guilty of genocide, kidnapping, and terrorism.

Genghis Khan: was he a crazy murderer?

There is a lot of controversy whether Genghis Khan was a great military leader, or a ruthless murderer. It is justified to say that he was a murderer. He killed many innocent lives,and spared few. It is even said that he killed his half brother because he stole his fish. But even with all this murder, it was to expand his kingdom. In the video we just watched g'day in class, it is said that Khan spared the lives of most of the women and children of the people he conquered. But personally, I don't think that takes away form all the other murders he committed. He also tortured in cruel and unusual ways to show his strength. I think he was crazy, but there must have been some kindness in him, if you can call it that. I say this becuase he was willing to spare the life of his best friend Jamuca. They were basically lovers, but became enemies. But when Jamuca was captured, the only reason Khan killed him was becuase he was asked to by Jamuca. And even then, he did it regretfully. So that small form of compassion shows that he is somewhat human.... Maybe.. All civilizations during that time think of his name, and associated it with fear.