Mr. Crandall's History Class Blog

WOW!!!!! Never thougt I would be the first to respond to anything in Mr. Crandall’s class ever!

I am going to attempt to answer question 11 correctly:
WHY WAS FUR SO IMPORTANT IN RUSSIA?

Fur for Russia was a bait for conquest. It allowed them to increase in wealth. In the Russian community, the more fur a person would have the higher their rank and wealth.
BYE:)

Question 17: What went wrong with Hideyoshi’s plan to invade Korea? How did Hideyoshi react?

Hideyoshi originally had planned to attack Korea with Japan’s naval power, and things seemed to go well. The Japanese managed to reach Seoul in just 20 days. Then, things just went wrong.

Korean Admiral Yi Sun Shin had designed the turtle ship, basically an ocean armored tank, and the Japanese were devastingly defeated.
Hideyoshi then turned to creating a dynasty, but his nephew was his heir. When a concubine gave birth to Hideyori, Hideyoshi turned his attention to keeping his son and the mother safe. In order to secure Hideyori’s position as heir, Hideyoshi had his nephew and relatives massacred.

Hideyori and his mother eventually took their own lives, which ended Hideyoshi’s dream of creating a dynasty.

Question 14- Describe the political state of Japan before Hideyoshi.

Japan tried to created an empire over seas by joining different nations. Warlords of Japan had tried to carve it into smaller and smaller slices. This brought fragmentation, anarchy, and ruin; until Hideyoshi helped restore order in Japan.

Question 26: Why did europeans become so interested in collecting during the 16th century? What purposes did the collections serve?

The Europeans thought they could showcase the whole world in one room. They found interesting and weird things from all over the world and showed them off. The main purpose was to “provoke wonder”. It also made people more curious about the outside world. People were interested in seeing a lot of strange things all in one place.

Question #22: What does it mean to say that India was a “frontier of religions?” What was Akbar’s intention in bringing the various religions together in joint discourse?

A: India was (and still is) the home of so many different creeds and religions, which I perceive as a land with diverse culture and religion to be explored. Akbar became fascinated with India and its beliefs during his rule and thus tried to bring about religious tolerance to his kingdom, even building a single house of worship for all the different creeds, but, as always, there was conflict between them. He tried to more unify the dynasty by bringing all of his subjects together and persecuted no one for their beliefs, for which history reveres him.

Question 4: Why do you think the Spanish were so vigilant in converting these “barbarians”?

The Spanish were so vigilant in converting the Mayans to be Catholic to try and spread the Spanish’s faith and culture. The Spanish also probably thought if maybe they converted the mayans that maybe they would accept their faith sothey could have some common ground to be able to communicate in peace. After all once you are of the same religion you cant be violent towards one another its quite the opposite. That’s exactly what the Spanish thought.They figured converting them would be an easy stepping stone toward learning more about their culture without resulting in a war. The Spanish conquistadors also probably were afraid of the Mayans too. Feel free to add,edit, or comment further on this subject.

Question 10- How did the church benefit from Ivan’s conquests?

Ivan IV conquered Tartar khanates. He also created the first centralized state in Russia by opening up Russia in the east. The church benefited from this because Ivan could finance things in areas he had conquered and commemorated his conquests by construction.. After taking control of Moscow, he had St. Basil’s Cathedral built. He also cooperated with Orthodox church leaders, exemplified by the construction of the Monastery of St. Catherine.

Yes! Igot the one Iwanted. I’ll answer #6 cause I think I know the right answer to this question.

Q: #6 Why was Bishop Toral brought to Yucatan?
How did he react to de Landa’s claims?
A: Bishop Toral was sent to Yucatan by the church since, they were not convinced of de Landa’s confessions, to investigate about the confessions that de Landa claimed to the church. Not entirely convinced about de Landa’s confessions Bishop de Toral sent people out to investigated about the sacrifices that had occured and found no evidence. Then the Bishop doughted that any crucifixions were ever made since there was no evidence to support de Landa’s word and Bishop de Toral turned his back on de Landa. Later de Landa cleared his name in Spain.

Sad face, all of my questions got answered hahaha.

Question 31: Why do you think these collections led to a fusion of science and magic?

Well, these collections were random assortments of items from all over the world, and since many people were finally breaking away from the church and “searching for truth,” they decided to mix and match these items together. This mixing and matching, basically out of curiosity, created ideas for modern day physics and chemistry.

Ok ima answer question number 2. “Why did Landa invest so much effort in gettng to know the Mayan culture and languge?”

Landa wanted to know the Mayan’s better because he belvied the more he got to know them and spent time with them, the easier that they would listen to him. He wanted to learn alot about there culture such as religon.

HE wanted to learn about this because when he learned about there gods, he would be able to know how to make them belive that those gods wernt real.

#20. How did the Mogul empire begin? How did it grow across the Indian subcontinent?

Babur, who was a descendent of Ghengis Khan and Timer the Lame, invaded northern India and founded the Moghul empire in the early 1500’s. The dynasty flourished under the reign of his grandson, Akbar. He lowered taxation and was tolerant of religions and allowed his people to worship what they wanted. The empire grew across the Indian subcontinent by military conquest.

Ughh… I was half done! A peice of advice: don’t hit Tab and then Backspace, or Tab, Tab for that matter. Anyways…

As we already know, during the Renaissance there was a wide revival in the interest of art. Mainly rich people and families, because they could afford it, were the ones to commission artists to create works for them. The rich families did this to showcase their wealth. They would often amass art collections in rooms called “Kunstkammers” literally “art chamber”.

Samuel Quiccheberg was an Art Consultant, today we would call him an Interior Designer. He would, like an artist, be comissioned by someone who neede his expertise. But, instead of creating art, he would advise the person on how to best organize and arrange their art collections in their Kunstkammers. Sometimes, they weren’t simply art collections, they were just vast collections of interesting “stuff”. He even wrote an encyclopedia on how to organize the collections into five catagories:
1. Religious art and history, the genealogy of the founder and portraits of the ruling house, as well as topographical representations of the country, of military operations and ceremonies, of architecture, together with models of machinery.
2. Sculptures and numismatica, no idea what that is, and art forms related thereto.
3. Natural specimens, natural historical collections, art objects and ethnographica.
4. Scientific and mechanical instruments.
5. Paintings and graphic works, precious stones, games and entertainment, heraldry, textiles and objects from the local region.

So what was Quiccheberg trying to do? Had he made a pact with the Devil for infinite knowledge? Was he trying to educate the World by opening their eyes to the infinite possibilities all around them? Or, was he exploiting the infinite stupidity of people by pretending to have the “right way” to do something that anyone could do?

Francis Bacon was a theorist, in this excerpt he is referring to Kunstkammers…

‘First, the collecting of a most perfect and general library, wherein whosoever the wit of man hath heretofore committed to books of worth … may be made contributory to your wisdom. Next, a spacious, wonderful garden, wherein whatsoever plant the sun of divers climate, or the earth out of divers moulds, either wild or by the culture of man brought forth, may be … set and cherished: this garden to be built about with rooms to stable in all rare beasts and to cage in all rare birds; with two lakes adjoining, the one of fresh water the other of salt, for like variety of fishes. And so you may have in small compass a model of the universal nature made private. The third, a goodly, huge cabinet, wherein whatsoever the hand of man by exquisite art or engine has made rare in stuff, form or motion; whatsoever singularity, chance, and the shuffle of things hath produced; whatsoever Nature has wrought in things that want life and may be kept; shall be sorted and included. The fourth such a still-house, so furnished with mills, instruments, furnaces, and vessels as may be a palace fit for a philosopher’s stone.’
(Quoted after The Origins of Museums. Oxford 1985)

Translation: “Okay, when you be gettin’ yo’self lotsa stuff, get books, dey make you smart. Den, git yo’self a big ol’ gahden, wit all da herbs an spices dat chu can tink of. Nes ta dat, put a barn wit lotsa animals, a big cage full o’ birds, two lakes one fo’ da salt fishes and one fo’ da… not salt fishes. Also, git one o’ dem big wood things and put mo’ stuff in it. An’ last, git some mo’ stuff, and all da Harry Potter movies.”

The first one is actually easier to understand…

Question 29: What was Quicheberg’s “higher purpose” in his collections.

Quicheberg did not just collect cool and freaky stuff for amusement or to inspire, that could’ve made him like a witch or something. In which case he would have to be burnt alive. That would suck. Quicheberg claimed that he was “displaying the greatness of God’s creations”. That way, he could collect freaky things, and not have to deal with El Churcho.

Question 28: What was the political message behind the collection of Rudolph II? Well during the 16th century collecting was the “in” thing to do so Rudolph II basically got all of these weird random items to show his power. This shows his power because its like him saying look what I got and you don’t!!! And how much I spent for it! So yea… thats the point of his collection…

@vanessaallen.
So I am aware that question number 11 has already been answered, but I feel that the answer barely addresses the question.

-Why was fur so important in Russia?

Trade was a huge part of the government in Russia, it involved almost all the political parties and Russia the largest fur exporter in the world at the time.

This should not be under-noted, for because of the trade in Russia this helped to grow the country, first trading across the black sea and then moving to inland travel later in the 16th century.

Russia has over 15 types of fur worthy mammals, making the area perfect for this type of trade. In fact, today the country is still one of the largest exporters of genuine fur.

Also worth nothing is the fact that because of the ambiguous trade they (Russia) started looking for better furs to trade, the newly discovered “Americas”, proved worthy for their cause.

They created trade routs with the new land and helped to settle the first colonies.

Because of the harsh winters all across the world having a warm fur coat was almost necessary, making this trade bounty full.

All this trade boosted the economy and was also a sign of “class.”

The more expensive and elaborate, not to mention the type, of fur that you were wearing was a sign of wealth.

This was one of the largest trade operations in the history of the world.

I hope this answered the question a bit better =]
~ Dakota

I don’t know if this is a exact question but i hope it is.

What kind of things were in the cabinet of curiosities?
The things in the cabinet of curiosities were such things as objects that belonged somewhere was known exactly. They were just out there. Such as perserved animals, parts of animals, man made items. Rocks, and just odd objects.

Question 15:What changes occurred in Japan during this period of unification and rebuilding?
The changes which occured were characterized by military organizations taking the leading role in influencing the structure of society. The type of castles that appeared went beyond strictly military function and reflected the sort of politics and society that the people of those times aimed for. Castles were then built as an integral part of towns which later grew to become large urban centers such as Edo which is now Tokeyo.:)

Better Late then never……..maybe

Question 30: In what ways was collecting in accordance to Christian values? In what ways did it challenge the role of God and religion in society?

Collecting all these items, specimens, or what ever you want to call them would show everything that God created in life. These creations from God would strengthen your allegiance towards him, but would dare people to wonder. This dare would cause people to experiment and use more science and less religion, challenging the role of God in society

Quesion 1: how did scientific thought change during this time period?

During this time period the people started asking questions like “How”? and “Why”? and as they stareted asking these questions they would use science and math to awnser them instead of religion, as they did this they relized that science and math were good at awnsering their questions and science became popular.