Map questions

I don't think that Ibn and Marco are typical of their time period, because they traveled across the entire eastern hemisphere by themselves. At that time, individuals did not often make such long trips on their own. For example, merchants used roads and sea lanes to conduct trade with each other in stages, as opposed to doing it all by themselves. I think they are much more typical of this time period, because today individuals often do make voyages by themselves over very long distances. This is because of rising technology, such as cars and planes, which are much more effective methods of transportation than was available in the times of Ibn and Marco. With new technologies such as these, Ibn and Marco would fit perfectly into the modern time period.

Oceania map

Crusades Project Bibliography

1. Trueman, Chris. "The First Crusade." History Learning Site. HistoryLearningSite.co.uk, 16 Jun 2012. Web. 11 Jan 2013. 
2. Knox, Ellis. "The First Crusade." The ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies. Ellis L. Knox, 28 Aug 2003. Web. 11 Jan 2013. 
3. . "The Third Crusade (1189-92)." English Monarchs. www.englishmonarchs.co.uk, 22 Dec 2012. Web. 11 Jan 2013.
4. . "The Third Crusade." http://www.middle-ages.org.uk. www.middle-ages.org.uk, 17 Oct 2012. Web. 11 Jan 2013.
5. Lawson, Rich. "Richard and Saladin: Warriors of the Third Crusade." Shadowed Realm: Medieval History Resources. Rich Lawson, 11 Jan 2013. Web. 11 Jan 2013.
6. . "The Crusade of Frederick II." Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 11 Jan 2013. Web. 11 Jan 2013.
7. . "Frederick II." Catholic Online: Inform-Inspire-Ignite. Catholic Online, LLC, 11 Jan 2013. Web. 11 Jan 2013.

Comments: Harsh and Dylan

Harsh: Harsh, thank you for the comment! Creative idea using xtranormal...it looks great!

Dylan: Hey Dylan, thank you for your comment! I checked out your blog and it looks awesome! I really like the way you brought historic and modern times together with a blog from the middle ages.

My project

My project: Just click play

The Crusades Project: Day 3

Today, I have all my information and I am ready to finish up the project.

For my project, I've decided to do neither the rage comic nor the script, because I found a much better idea.
I'm going to write a script first and then animate it with Alice 2.2, the drag and drop programming language I'm using in my Computer Science class. It can have multiple characters in many environments, so it is a much better alternative to xtranormal.com. I'm going to have the final project be in video form by taking a video capture of the animation using some kind of screen recording software like "Jing", recommended to me by Timothy Sunnerburg.

My comment on Amit's blog

Hey Amit! I am doing the same three crusades

Here's a link that helped me out a lot for the third crusade:
http://www.shadowedrealm.com/medieval-articles/exclusive/richard_saladin_warriors_third_crusade