Kevin+(Woo+Yeun)'s+World

October 25, 2011 Port of Call

September 22, 2011

This map shows that Muslims were populated all across Africa, Middle East, few countries of Europe, and western Asia. Compared to other countries on the map, China and other southern Asian countries seem to have a very little population of Muslims. This also shows how big and powerful the muslims were growing and effecting may different parts of the world in their golden age.
 * Countries with more that 1 million muslims**

This map shows the routes of seas and countries explored by the fleet of Zheng He, from 1405-1422. This shows how well the Chinese fleet were able to travel around easily to other countries of the world, visiting many different countries. The fleet did a big role in the tribute system, letting other country to know that China is the greatest country of the world, but also letting them feel happy about presents they got from China. This routes of Zheng He's fleet shows that they didn't explore Europe, because they were considered as countries without high scientific knowledge and things to trade.
 * Voyages of Zheng He**

September 20, 2011 See, Think, Wonder

I see a floating man that looks like god with people hanging onto his cloak making a finger contact with a naked man on the ground. Seeing that the man on the ground is naked, I think that he had just been created by the god who is flying. I wonder why there are so many people in the god's cape.

September 5, 2011

Picture of China Zheng He ship: The Chinese leviathan, the treasure ship is much more massive then Santa Maria. Santa Maria was already a ship big enough to travel across the Atlantic Ocean, but Chinese leviathan is about 29(in terms of area) times bigger than Satan Maria as in size. This ship seems more then enough to travel through the entire world. In addition, Chinese fleet didn't only have few of them, but over 300 of them. This shows that China was very powerful and overwhelmed ever other countries in the world

Picture of Europe 1400: This map shows variety of countries and kingdoms in Europe in 1400.

If invited, the Holy Roman emperor will be coming to China, from the middle of the map, where the German Kingdom is, and other countries between France and Poland, Hungary. The Emperor of Constantinople will come from the south of the map, below the Mediterranean Sea. The kings of Venice will come from today's modern Italy, Kings of French, England, and Portugal will all come from their own kingdom, the Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, and Kingdom of Portugal.

Territories of Dynasties: This picture shows the map or the the territories of many different Chinese dynasties over time in today's modern day of China. The sizes of dynasties varies a lot, and sometimes they gain more land after changing to a new dynasty or loose land when changing. For example, when Ming dynasty changed to Qing dynasty, the land they own expanded by a huge amount.

Silk Road: This map shows the briefly where the silk roads go through connecting Asia and Europe. The silk road starts in middle east of China, south of Beijing, and goes through China and to Europe, ending at the edge of Mediterranean Sea.

First, silk road goes through the modern country of China, then it goes through the Middle East. It goes through modern countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Sunni Iraq, Syria.

Europe City Population: This map shows the population of Europe in 1400 and 1600. According to the map, London had about 250,000 people, but the new Chinese empire capital, Beijing had 50times housing for people, which shows that Beijing had about 12,500,000 during 1600. Cities with large population means that that city is being ran very well, and people prefer to live there then other places. This shows that after Beijing became the new capital, it got better and more secure then before.

Beijing City Wall Map: This picture shows the basic frame of new built Beijing when it became the capital. It has a unique structure of cities within cities. Forbidden city is inside the imperial city, which is inside the inner city, and inner city is inside of outer city. Theres is also temples in the outer city.

Morden Beijing: This is the map of modern beijing and it still shows some parts of the old Beijing that Zhu Di built back in 1400. It still shows the forbidden city as the Palace Museum, and some architecture seems to be still there, such as the Bell tower, which is shown as the Great Bell Tower in modern Beijing map. There is also temples that are still there, just a change in their names but in similar locations.

The Great Wall: This image shows the extended Great Walls by Zhu Di, and there is many sections of walls made in different dynasties. It isn't a connected entire wall, but just segments of walls all over China.

If the every 6,400km of the walls were connected with single line of wall, it wound end up somewhere in the Middle East, but modern day's Turkey.

Prime Meridian: This picture shows England, Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, 0 degree, where all latitude coordinate is measured. This gives the impression of being the "Center of the World", and thats why Zhu Di wanted Beijing to be the Prime Meridian.

Grand Canal: This map shows the Grand Canal, a huge and a long canal that connects Beijing and all the way down to Hangzhou. This is a very useful structure, it enables to transport goods with ship through the land, which is much more efficient that transport on land, because you can transport much more goods at once. It is a big accomplishment for a single ruler to finish in 2 decades, but it wasn't Zhu Di's main object. This showed how much Zhu Di was dreaming for better country and power over the entire world.

September 2, 2011 3 maps of the Islamic World

These 3 maps show the land where the Islam had spread, throughout the south of Europe, and it is the similar land territory in each map showing the spread if Islam, Ummayyed Empire, and Abbasid Empire.

TWO sentences? 2/3

Black Death APPARTS Date: August 25,2011

Author: I think the Author of this article is someone who survived the Black Death plague, a person who did not die during around 1348 and recorded many things about this disease. I think it is a survivor’s records because it shows very specifically the symptoms of the plague, the image of the city and the streets, and how people tried to avoid the plague in a variety of ways. The details of the source seems like the author has experienced through the plague. The author views the black plague as a devastating event, and a period of misery and death.


 * You can be more specific than this.**

Place and Time: This is in Europe after 1348, because it explains how people in Europe became devastated after the Black Death reached Italian shores in 1348.


 * "After 1348" is a little vague. Can you be more specific?**

Prior Knowledge: What I knew about Europe in 1348 and about the Black Plague is that it was a period of darkness and death. About 1/3 of European population was wiped, and that no one found a cure for this plague.

Audience: This article was written for us, the readers, because it is basically a piece of information about the Black Death in 1348, and the purpose is to inform the readers.


 * Vague.**

Reason: The reason why this article was written is to inform the readers about the Black Death.


 * Vague.**

The Main Idea: The main idea of this article was that the Black Death in 1348 in Europe were horrible times. It shows how horrible the plague was and how so many people died out everywhere in Europe.

Significance: The significance of this source is that it informs readers about the Black Death which is a very important event that happened in the past. It is a good piece of information and it keeps track of events of the past so it cannot be forgotten.


 * You seem to be still struggling with APPARTS Kevin. Please see me. U.**

This is a certificate that my grandfather received after he openedhis new company. It shows the name of the company, my grandfather's name, and address of the company. It says that my grandfather is legally the member of the company, and shows the date below. This is a written primary source because it was presented to my grandfather when he had opened the company.

This is a picture of the company after it was organized. This is an un-wrteen secondary source because it was taken few years after the creation of the company. This picture shows the early look of the company, office building on the bottom and the strange on the top.

media type="file" key="oral%20source%20interview.mp4" height="300" width="300" This is the interview with my dad about how my grandfather created his company and the process of it.

-He came up to Seoul about in age of 25, and he came with his mom. 2.What work did grandfather do before he made his company? -He farmed at countrysides, worked as a carpenter for furnitures, and many more. 3.When was the company built? -He came to Seoul with bare hands. In 1974, he worked at a company and learned many things, and later on the head of the company thought that he was a very good, hard working person, and grandfather was able buy the company, and then made a new company with it for himself. 4.What was hard about running the company? -At first, lack of money was the problem, and in 2003, there was a big fire in one of the branch offices. However, the insurance enabled it to be rebuilt safely. 5. How is the company now? -Right now, the company is run by grandfather and father, and it is running very well.
 * 1) When did grandfather came to Seoul?

//Kevin, please give each assignment a title and date it. Your vocabulary is difficult to read. Proof-read your work!//

//Vocabulary//

1. Heretical: A belief in religion that is different or goes against what generally is known2. Faggot: Bundle of sticks that shows that the person holding it has convicted heresy and is also used to burn the person if he denies the penance. 3. Eucharist: A Christian ceremony where you imitate the Last Supper and consume bread and wine as the body and blood of Christ.6. Abstain: to stop someone from enjoying 5. Penance: Voluntary self-punishment for doing something. Beseeching: ask someone in a hurry7. Source: A place, person, or thing which something can be found or obtained

Questions 1.In section 1, Heretical Beliefs//, the historian gives his account of a historical event. What is happening to Hogsflesh? What is the historian's “story” or main point of the article?

Hogsflesh has been convicted for heresy, and he is going through penance. He is setting himself as an example what people should not do, while carrying a faggot-symble of conviction to heresy. The historian is showing the point of how important religion was during that period, and how seriously it was punished for people who had committed heresy.

Not the main idea of the article.

2. What are the roles of a historian defined by John Arnold? Do you agree or disagree with his assumptions? Can you think of any other roles?

Roles of a historian defined by John Arnold are to read sources and take out what is needed to be taken out, and publish the information to the world so other people can know new facts about the past. They also have a role as a interpreter, trying to fill the gaps of missing parts in history. I agree with John's assumptions because they are what historians should do. However there are more roles of a historians such as being a good author and an organizer so people who reads the information from a book or an article can understand the information pretty easily. Historians should also be a good questioner, questioning facts that was ejected out of the source, "is it true or false?". Lastly, historians should be a good teacher, so people who learn from them can learn correct information in a easy way.

3. What is meant by “treat(ing) their sources with fidelity?” Remember to put your response in your own words. Why is it important to remember this when reading historical references?

Treating sources with fidelity means that they treat sources with truth, they do not make up information or ignore the ones that opposes their ideas. This is important because historical information should be true as possible because it is our past and if it is wrong or found out to be false, many things have to be re-written.

4. How can a single event be interpreted in more than one way? Can you think of an event in your life that historians could interpret with differing points of view?

Historians interprete single event in a lot of ways, with facts and other events, or periodic theme around that event. The Iraq War event is one thing that historians can interpret in different ways. Many people believe that it was because of terror of 9.11 of Iraq, because after that they declared the war against them. However, the Iraq war might be a way for George Bush to raise his power and let people face a common enemy. Or it could be just to get more oil from them.

5. Talk to a family member or friend about something that happened to you both a long time ago. Examine how you both remember the incident and write about it. With that in mind, when attaching meaning to history, is it possible for a historian to be completely objective? Use examples from the incident you just discussed to reinforce your response.

When I was young, I fell down from the lift up the slope in ski resort, and fell on the snow. Luckily the snow was deep enough and I was fine. When we discussed about it, I thought it was nothing and just a thrilling and surprising moment, but my dad, who was next to me on the lift, remember it as a very dangerous moment and same thing should never happen again. I think historian can't be completely objective, because they are still human, and we human beings get effected by emotions a lot and in many ways.

6. What problems may arise when historians practice subjective history? In what ways may subjective history be beneficial to the study of history? Think back to the incident you just discussed with your family member or friend. Why did it make sense for you to remember the event the way you did and for the other person to remember it the way he or she did? What does this tell us about history?

When historians practice subjective history, problems such as historians going too far to make his opinion true, making up or using unreliable sources to support his opinion. However, subjective history can be beneficial because historians work hard in that particular part of history to prove that his opinion is true. Historians also have different way of viewing events. Two different historians might be thinking different things with a same event. This tells us that although history is meant to be the truth and tell about our past most accurately, but there are parts that aren't always true because the historians who wrote that part might have believed the source was wrong or changed it because it didn't fit their belief or way of their thinking.

7. Why is every historian "a storyteller?" If all historians are storytellers and there are myriad versions of every story, can we trust historians? Why or why not?

Historians are storytellers because they tell stories of the past based on the facts they organized from variety of sources. They tell stories because people like to understand things by listening to interesting storytelling instead of paragraphs of boring lines and graphs. We can trust historians as storytellers because the stories are made from lots of historians with all of their roles combined, and it is very reliable to think that the story is based on true sources and is the truth.

8.How did your view of history and historians change based on this reading? How will you approach history now that you have explored these views?

My views changed from historians with just a role of recording, but a interpreter, storyteller, and a judge. I will approach history trying to look with different views and understand different thoughts from different historian

Good effort and thought put into your answers, Kevin. You answers show you've mostly understood what you read. 9/10

Letters: Secular and Ecclesiastical Authority APPARTS

Author- Pope Gregory VII. He rose the power of christian pope and church and had conflicts with Kings over power, specially Henry IV. The author’s point of view is that his(pope) power is the greatest over all the kings and no one can deny his commands and question his powers.

Place and Time- Around 12th century in Rome.

Prior Knowledge: What I knew about Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV is that they had a major fight over the power. First Henry IV lost because Pope had the power to depose the king out of his throne and powerless. Henry IV had to apologize to the pope, but he won the fight later on.

Audience: This source was produced for all the different rulers around the word and people who were ruled by the rulers, to make sure that who has the power and that the pope has the most power over everyone else.

Reason: The reason why this source was created is to let Emperors and their people know that the Church has great powers to rule the country, and Pope himself is over any Emperors in the world.

The Main Idea: The main idea of this source is to tell the people that church is powerful and important, and the Pope is above all the people i n the world. It is also to warn other Emperors not to go against the Pope, because Pope is a great presence as mentioned in the source, and is a person that no one can judge or deny.

Significance: The importance of this source is that how it strengthens the Pope, and how it makes the Pope look so significant and powerful. In the source, it describes all the things that Pope can do, how no one can deny or disagree with him. He cannot be judged by anyone and can dispose emperors. This shows how much power pope had during the 12th century, and how emperors and pope struggled against control of power.