Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta: Map Questions

Do you think that Ibn and Marco are typical of the people of their time period? Why or why not? Are they typical of this time period? Why or why not?

I think that Ibn and Marco were both somewhat typical people; what I mean is that they were probably like typical merchants, in that they seemed to have gone to popular trade routes and trade centers in the areas they traveled, but they weren't typical citizens who stayed in place. Although I admit there is a ridiculous amount of ground covered by both of them, making them not so typical I guess. It is understandable that people would really like to go to a few of these routes/centers for trade, but these two went over the top for any time period, really. Even in the current time period, where travel is so much easier, people don't generally go to that many places in one vacation or something.

Societies of Oceania map

Crusades Project: Comments

Hey Lawrence,
I also did the Childrens crusade, i thought it would be pretty good to use in this project. And I also thought about using Xtranormal, but i dont have the patience to use it, im glad you do.

Hey, Sharleen
I saw you were doing the children’s Crusade, I thought these might help
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/childrens_crusade.htmlhttp://www.historyguide.org/ancient/children.html

Hey Rachel,
I thought this might be helpful to you on the first crusade
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-first-crusade.htm

Crusades Project: Final Product

And Bibliography here.

Finding the information for me was the hardest part, I wanted to summarize each one effectively.
I ended up going with the video instead of prezi because i feel very limited on prezi.
A problem with this was my video editing software not cooperating with me.
It worked out slightly less good than i expected because the mic on my camera is not very good. And also i could not render the video in 720p because it refused to work with me.

The crusades project: entry 2

During class today I got some research done using mostly Google, so I guess to balance out my stuff I'm going to have to use Bing or sweetsearch, which should be delightful. Feeling pretty happy with my project so far. Have to film my stuff tonight to get it done.

The Crusades project: Entry 1

The three Crusades I have decided to focus on are: The People's Crusade, The Children's Crusade, and The Eighth Crusade. I chose these three because with these, to me it sort of feels like a gradual increase in ridiculousness, and a beginning-middle-end sort of deal. I was hoping to either get this done in a Prezi or make an interview video with myself; I've never made a good Prezi, and an interview video with myself seem like a lot of work so i have some deciding to do. So far I have used Wikipedia, the textbook we use for class, and obviously Google ( I really liked the country code thing). I feel like I've finished with most of my research, but I don't yet feel like I've done enough to determine which one has really worked best for me.

Map of Africa

The textbook company omitted these details from the map probably because the conflicts with he other details already on the maps. The details we added in class such as the religion and specifica on trade routes probably would not have fit very well on the map with all of the other regions already on the map. The impact of the additions we made in class was that it showed the incomplete picture that this map, or maps in textbooks in particular can show

How I'd like to be remembered

If my life ever reaches the point where it becomes something that someone feels the need to write it down and record it, I would be pleasantly surprised. But I definitely would not want it to be done in the boring text book style, I would want people to actually be interested in it, preferably in a song or a story. I guess that a story even, if not done correctly could just look like a giant wall of Times New Roman and be just as boring as a chapter in a text book, but it would be easier to captivate an audience with a story than a listing of "facts". Note: positive exaggerations are appreciated.