Trial Analysis

This trial project was very enjoyable for me because it was engaging and fun to watch and take part in. It was not an extremely hard project but it still was effective for everyone including myself to learn the mterial concerning the Mongols and their conquests details.

I think the Mongols were a ruthless people in their battles and had violent tendencies that were completely unnecessary. However these tendancies can be found in every single war fought by men throughout history. This creates a different debate entirely if war in general in just and fair. I beleieve all war is unneccessarily ruthless and cruel and the Mongols are guilty of every crime set against them. However if every other group of warriors does the same thing, we cannot only prosecute the Mongol army we should be prosecuting mankind itself.

Genghis Khan

I believe that Genghis Khan can be classified as a sociopath because of his actions as a child and as an adult. First of all, when he was as young as just 13 he killed his half brother for no understandable or reasonable cause. This intense display of violence and lack of control is clearly a warning sign that he is unstable. From such a young age he begins as a murderer it only progresses from there. He continues to kill any people in his path as he begins to conquer the steppes of Mongolia. He also kills every man woman and child from neighboring tribes. Later as Genghis Khan conquers most of Eurasia, he leaves millions of dead people throughout the land. This killing spree and violent tendencies are a clear cause of a psychological disorder, obsessed with blood and death.

Final Project

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-Group-for-Muslims-during-the-al-Hurub-al-Salibiyya/269127983151222

This page is a news feed is written by Muslims to update other Muslims and help them through the times of the Crusades by the Europeans.

Project #6 Citations

Cline, Austin. "Muslim Perspective on the Crusades | Perspectives and Religion in the Crusades." Agnosticism / Atheism - Skepticism & Atheism for Atheists & Agnostics. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://atheism.about.com/od/crusades/a/crusadesviews_2.htm.

Rickard, J. "First Crusade, 1096-1099." Military History Encyclopedia on the Web. 25 Mar. 2001. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_crusade1st.html.

"History, Especially Through Arab Eyes." The Crusades. 3 Feb. 2009. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://crusades.org/.

23, August. "Saladin." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 6 Jan. 2012. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin.

Joax. "The Eighth Crusade." Medieval Times & Castles. 29 Nov. 2008. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://www.medievality.com/eighth-crusade.html.

"Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East." IslamiCity.com - Islam & The Global Muslim ECommunity. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://www.islamicity.com/Mosque/ihame/Sec10.htm.

Rickard, J. "Third Crusade, 1189-1192." Military History Encyclopedia on the Web. 24 Mar. 2001. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_crusade3rd.html.

 

Project#4

I am having trouble finding new material on how the crusades directly affected the Muslim people. I also need to find out if i need to create a legitament citstion for each website or if just the url code is acceptable.

Project #3

I have started adding more posts and pictures and have written about mostly the first and third crusades, what happened and especially how it affected trade for the muslims and their home life. Thank you Jon Dirusso for that website it was very helpful.

Project #2

I created a facebook page about the crusades that are filled with accounts from the Muslim's point of view. I am having difficulty finding information that is specific to each crusade however. A lot of the information I've found has to do with "the crusades" in general. This makes it difficult to pinpoint when each thing happened and if it occured during the specific crusades I am speaking about.

Blog post for project #1

I chose the First Crusade in 1096, the third Crusade in 1182-1192 and the final eigth crusade in 1280-1291. For the project itself I am going to try to make a facebook group for Muslim people who are affected or a blogster of pictures.

Holiday Traditions

This photo was taken of the table that represented the holiday Armenian Christmas. Armenia is  in the present day area near Turkey. This area during the Post Classical Area broke up into the smaller Byzantine empire but many places held their own previous traditions. This tradition, of a twelve day Christmas celebration, is an example of the lasting traditions of the native land of Armenia. The ancient writing and customs on this table are contrasted with modern changes such as the ipod that plays Armenian music.