The best thing we did this week was probably breaking up into groups to create things like time lines, collections of maps, and a reference sheet. I really thought that was a creative way to reinforce our understanding of the early Korean subjects we were discussing. As for me, I was part of the map group and I went in thinking maps were just there; they were a fact. So, it was very interesting to see how much bias goes into maps especially ancient ones which is ironic because I doubt people that lived in those areas at that time cared a lot about boarders as big as the ones that are being disputed. It was also pretty cool seeing the variations in Chinese versus Korean maps and how much land each nation gave each other as well as seeing the expansion of Korea as the Chinese empire slowly shrank. It was like one of those time lapse things!
“Korea History 500 CE.” TimeMaps. Accessed January 29, 2020. https://www.timemaps.com/history/korea-500ad/.
