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October 11, 2011 HW An Age of Explorations and Isolation, 1400-1800 Cornell Notes cornell notes-Age of Exploration Max Chung.pages

China: A Missed Opportunity for Global Dominance

Islam Empire Paragraph Max Chung

Christianity Notes Max Chung Islam Research Max Chung

Access for Information Paragraph Max Chung

**//__Islam Assignment __//** **//__September 23, 2011__//** Discriminating laws applied to non-Muslims, including paying taxes without attending to military services which converted plethora of non-Muslims to become Muslims eventually. However, as Suleyman became the ruler of the Ottomans, he decided not to mistreat the non-Muslims and openly abided the cultural diversity.
 * 1) How did the Ottomans treat non-Muslims?

2. What were Suleyman's major accomplishments? Suleyman’s major accomplishments are rooted to the elation of his empire’s power up to its maximum potential. Not only his knack as a successful executive general was he abled to expand his territory to its greatest size, but his patronage in arts and literature adorned his cities into an embellishing piece of art.

3. Despite their brilliant rule, what critical mistake did Suleiman and Shah Abbas make? Both Suleiman and Shah Abbas were brilliant rulers, but in an autonomous manner. As their power rose, so did their trepidation towards their posterities; they thought their sons would take them down to inherit the reign. Their misleading premise caused their sons to be either killed or injured which resulted on the election of abortive and vulnerable rulers who failed to persevere the reputation of their family’s reign.

4. What evidence of cultural blending can you find in Akbar's rule? Akbar pursued and embraced Suleyman’s philosophy by tolerating his citizens to believe in the religions they chose. He further demonstrated the philosophy by allowing his own wives to follow their preferable religions and hiring people based on their aptitudes rather than their pious backgrounds. Soon, both Hindus and Muslims were part of the governmental workers.

5. How did Akbar's successors contribute to the end of the Mughal Empire? Akbar’s death in 1605 led to the decline of his empire. During the reign of Jahangir, his wife, Nur Jahan, was a competent ruler but had a political brawl with one of his sons. Both the son and Jahangir’s successor, Shah Jahan, refuted Akbar’s tolerance over religious matters. All the complaints and defiance contributed to the break down of the Mughal Empire.

September 20, 2011 HW - Scientific Revolution

September 6, 2011 HW Renaissance unit work Max Chung.pages

Opening of the mind in Europe

The Renaissance contributed to the opening of the mind in Europe because it destroyed the psychological abstinence that stifled Europeans from acquiescing novel concepts and theories that were contradictions to their pious tenets. Prior to the era, the medieval, prevalently known as the unprogressive days, was an abortive deference to the development of the society due to the common perspective that all matters should be accepted religiously. The Renaissance, meaning rebirth, signifies the revival of the ancient Greek and Roman traditions that resulted from the interrogation on churches after the drastic epidemic that swiped out 60% of its population; people commenced on challenging their own culture. For instance, geocentricism, a belief that the Earth is the center of the universe, was superseded by helliocentricism, the fact that the sun is placed on the origin. The rise of the humanism through the perspective of materialism and the study of humanities are another epitomes. As such orthodox beliefs have been rebutted by the scientists, people became cynical about their tenets and questioned every bits of their culture to find out the truth. Meanwhile, the churches gradually lost its fidelity and citizens came to realize their essentiality as merited individuals. Renaissance men often created art to express their pride and dexterity and Renaissance women became the patrons of art. The Renaissance brought back an old custom as well as created one that deviated the population to open their minds to deem outside of the box of pious tenets.

September 2, 2011 Class Work Why do you think Europe gained dominance? Europeans were the pioneers of reasoning based on facts that were scientifically proven. This was a pivotal point to the universe since humans favor justifications that are observable and ratified through knowledge rather than tenets. As the world's population extolled the unorthodox European notion, Europeans gained authorities with the new perspective that the world is not operated by the God, but through human power and control. During the Renaissance, the new perspective allowed individuals to interrogate all their prior beliefs and eventually came up with solutions to the enigmas.

August 29, 2011 HW Max Chung