Homework

November 21,2011
French Revolution Ant Farm Block A Na Hyeon

October 4~ 10,2011
__"China: A Missed Opportunity for Global Dominance"__

October 4,2011
Why did the Muslim world not come to dominate world affairs during this time period?

Although the Muslim empire was successful and powerful, the Muslim society failed to impact and dominate the world during their time period due to internal conflicts such as: corruption of the leaders, unstable and unfair rule, and lacking of humanism. The Muslim empires were Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, and the Mughal Empire that flourished during the 14th and 16th century. Some key achievements include, expanding territories, blending cultures, developing architecture, and more freedom of other religion and beliefs. Both Suleiman and Shah Abbas, the leaders of the Muslim empires made great achievements as a ruler. However, they failed as a successful ruler as their greed for power was too strong. Suleiman and Shah Abbas were brilliant rulers as they both had brilliant ideas, and solutions. Unfortunately, they did not concern about their heirs, and the empire after their rule. For example, both leaders killed their own talented heirs as they feared of getting overpowered. However, it was their greed that brought their empires that took lots of hard work and efforts, to collapse. In order to dominate the world, the leader must be more openminded and must be thinking about other perspectives. But, both leaders clearly failed to prove their ability to be a flawless leader. Although other religion and beliefs were acceptable in the empires, it was not completely fair for non-Muslims as they were required to pay tax. Not only that, the Muslims could join the military force, and during the time of Aurangzeb, a strong Muslim, the religious freedom was banned. The permission of other religion and beliefs were effective and it was a better solution rather than strictly banning the practice of other beliefs. However, there were faults in the leader's policy of non- Muslims having to pay tax. This policy was unfair for the non-Muslims. In addition, the rule was unstable as during the time to Aurangzeb as, the belief of other religions were not acceptable which probably caused serious internal problems. Internally, the empires all had strong beliefs towards god and they were powerful. In conclusion, Muslims could not dominate world affairs during this time period because the Muslims could not expand out to the world. There were internal conflicts such as: unconfident leaders, less openminded people, unfair and unstable policies.

September 29,2011
pg 72~77

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=Muslim Paragraph= Although the Muslim empire was successful and powerful, the Muslim society failed to impact and dominate the world during their time period due to internal conflicts such as: corruption of the leaders, unstable and unfair rule, and lacking of humanism. || Both Suleiman and Shah Abbas made great achievements as a ruler, they failed as a successful ruler as their greed for power was too strong.
 * || Paragraph Writing: Using TEEEL Structure ||
 * Topic Sentence ||
 * Elaboration || The Muslim empires: Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, and the Mughal Empire flourished during the 14th and 16th century. Some key achievements include, expanding territories, blending cultures, developing architecture, and more freedom of other religion and beliefs. ||
 * Examples/Evidence ||

Although other religion and beliefs were acceptable in the empires, but it was not completely fair for non-muslims as they had to pay ta and only the muslims could join the military force and during the time of Aurangzeb, a strong muslim, the religious freedom was banned.

Internally, the empires all had strong beliefs towards god and there were powerful and strict laws for the non- muslims having to pay tax. ||
 * Explanation/analysis ||

Suleiman and Shah Abbas were brilliant rulers as they had brilliant ideas, and solutions. Unfortunately, they did not concern about their heirs, and the empire after their rule. For example, both rulers killed their own educated heirs as they feared of getting overpowered. However, it was their greed that brought their empires that took lots of hard work and efforts to collapse. In order to dominate the world, the leader must be more openminded and thinking about other perspectives. But, both leaders clearly failed to prove their ability to be a flawless leader.

The permission of other religion and beliefs were effective and was a better solution rather than strictly banning the practice of other beliefs. However, there were faults in the leader's policy of non- muslims having to pay tax. This policy was unfair for the non muslims. In addition. the rule was unstable as during the time to Aurangzeb, the belief of other religions were not acceptable which probably caused serious internal problems and loss of trust in the leader.

Unlike the renaissance men of Europe, the muslims and non-muslims did not question the god. Instad, they followed the strict laws for paying tax and working for the military force although it was not very fair. Humanism was the key thing to the development of Europe. However, the muslims did not expand their beliefs and failed to find other interests as humans. || Muslim world not come to dominate world affairs during this time period because the Muslims could not expand out to the world. There were problems such as, unconfident leaders, less openminded people, and the unfair and unstable policies.
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__Key Skill: Comparison/Contrasting Information (Charting information)__
Shiite Ahmadiyya Druze || Mecca: most important city in Islam. || Muhammad(founder and the messenger of Allah) : founded in 610CE Allah (The god) || The five pillars of Islam: -Shahadah-Believe in only ONE god -Salah- Must do five prayers per a day -Zakah-Dontaing charity (Zakaah) -Ramadhan- Fasting during Ramadan. -Hajj- Pilgrimage to Mecca anyone who has the ability must go to the Haj at least once in their life.. || The middle east:
 * Your chart (an entire wikipage for this assignment) will have to follow the following design**
 * **Name of religion** || **Branches of it** || **Area where it started** || **Key people in it** || **Tenets** || **Regions of the world where it is found** ||
 * Isalm (Muslim) || Sunni

Saudi Arabia Iran Pakistan Indonesia Malaysia ||
 * Sources for your research (three is the minimum and none can be Wikipedia)**

**Works cited ( The proper format with the indent is uploaded in the pages document :D )**



"Major Branches of Religions." World Religions Religion Statistics Geography Church Statistics. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. < [] >.

"The Religion of Islam." Web. 28 Sept. 2011. < [] >.

"Key People: Islam - Explorefaith." Explorefaith.org -. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. < [] >.

Islam and Muslims:. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. < [] >.

September 26, 2011
**Question for Consideration ** **In light of what you have heard above during the Trial of Galileo Galilei, the presentations on controversial topics in science and what you might be able to download from the internet consider the following question.** **//Should there be limits to our access to information?//**
 * **Topic sentence** || There should be limits to our access to information to protect the privacy rights of people. ||
 * **Elaboration** || Individuals have the rights to keep their privacy withen themselves. Not only that, it is unfair to expose information that people are not willing to share. ||
 * **Examples/Evidence** || A person might have a disease, and if the existence of the disease is exposed, the person might feel humiliated, uncomfortable and vulnerable.

There are information in our society that should not be exposed to the people as it can cause lots of damage, and create conflits. ||
 * **Explanation/Analysis** || This is because having a disease can be something that the person might not be comfortable in sharing and it can make them seem weaker and it can change the way people look at the victim. It is only fair to keep personal information as a secret as it can negatively impact the person and the people around.

If people had access to government information, and if there were no limits, then the information would be exposed and spread. Eventually, the nation would become corrupt as other countries would be aware of any faults in the government. Not so long ago, North Korea made attempts to hack into the South Korean government information. This proves how limit of access to information is highly important. In addition, in our society, there are personal information that can violate the privacy of the people. For example, account information, social networking privacies.. etc. There are some people who would abuse the information and commit crimes, and eventually cause problems. ||
 * **Link sentence** || There should be limits to access of information as everyone has the rights to keep their own privacy.

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September 24, 2011
1.How did the Ottomans treat non-Muslims? The Ottomans treated non-Muslims kindly and did not require them to support the army. However, unlike the muslims, they were required to pay tax.

2. What were Suleyman's major accomplishments? Expanded the empire, and had successful achievements. He greatly conquered areas such as southeastern europe and North Africa.

3. Despite their brilliant rule, what critical mistake did Suleyman and Shah Abbas make? Although both rulers were brilliant, they made a mistake by not thinking about the emperors after their rule. The both killed the talented sons as they were afraid of the children overpowering their high power. However, this made the empire decline and exposed their fault in leadership and their greed.

4. What evidence of cultural blending can you find in Akbar's rule? During Akbar's rule, he blended cultures which eventually created new languages. Hindi blended persian and local languages. Not only that art and literature was also adopted from other areas.

5. How did Akbar's successors contribute to the end of the Mughal Empire Jahngir did not continue Akbar's policy of fair ruling. Therefore, many people lived a hard life during his period. Followed by Azurangab who failed to be a successful ruler. He did not respect the hindu beliefs, and was not a generous ruler. After that, the empire fell apart.

September 18, 2011





 * // How did the Renaissance contribute to the opening of the mind in Europe?' //**

The Renaissance contributed greatly to the opening of the mind in Europe. Before the Renaissance, Europeans were going through a dreadful plague and people were barley finding a way to survive. However, the Renaissance supported people in opening up to new ideas, and thinking out of what the church affirmed. However, before the Renaissance, and during the dark ages, people would do what the church tells them to do and abandoned the idea of enjoying life. This eventually made people question the church and think about their own lives. People started to concentrate on mankind and eventually humanism was created. As a result, people started opening their minds. This supported the creation of new discoveries and formed new styles of art. Therefore, many talents were discovered. For example, Isaac Newton played a famous role in coming up with new theories, which motivated people to open up to new science. Not only that, he clearly proved how he was a Renaissance man as he was involved in many fields (Physics, mathematics, astronomy theology, alchemy, natural philosophy.) In addition, during the Renaissance, people started trading in Europe, and it brought massive amount of wealth and exposed people to new ideas outside of Europe. Not only that, Europeans started to print, which led to education and the spread of it. All these factors combined and formed the renaissance. In conclusion, as the result of the Renaissance, Europe faced many positive changes. Therefore, Renaissance has clearly played a massive role in opening of the mind in Europe.

August 31, 2011
Issac Newton- Speed Dating [|NH- Issac newton.pages]

August 28, 2011
**Assignment: Read pages 37-39 in your text (including the box on bottom of p.39 dealing with "Renaissance man and woman") and thoughtfully answer the following questions. Please UPLOAD these answers into your WIKI WORK PAGE!**

[|NH- Renaissance Man and Woman.pages]

[|Family History Project- Na Hyeon.pages]
 * August 22, 2011**


 * August** **16,2011**

Author: The creator of the source is not specified, but the author seems to be someone who was living recently in the modern age. The Source shows how the author is clearly not from Gregory VII’s time. The author is mainly talking about Gregory VII and his conflict with Emperor Henry IV. In the second half of the source, he shows the letters of Gregory VII to give examples.

Place and Time: The source was probably produced in the modern age. This can be shown because the author talks about the 11th century as if it took place a long time ago. He also summarizes the 11th century which means the author did not live at that period of time. This affects the source because this shows how the source is talking about a historical time.

Prior Knowledge: To understand the primary source, It would be helpful to know more detailed and clear examples and informations on 11th to 12th century and more about the important people ( Gregory VII and emperor Henry IV)

Audience: The source was probably created for people who wants to know more about the middle ages, or the high authority of the middle ages. This can affect the reliability of the source because people might be putting their own opinions and views into the source.

Reason: The source was produced to give informations to people and it was probably created after the middle ages to explain the high authority that time, and the conflict between the high power.

The Main Idea: The course is trying to convey who has the power to the authorities to the Church, and the conflict that this problem has made.

Significance: This source is important because it shows the power and the conflicts between the high authorities. The inference that I can draw from the document is that the emperors in the highest positions didn't want to give access to other high authorities. However, the higher authorities declared appointing powers.