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Mediterranean Diet VS Hansik

Mediterranean Diet VS Hansik

Have you heard of a saying that if you want to stay healthy, you should change to a Mediterranean diet? The Mediterranean diet is synonymous with healthy eating in the Western world, originating from people’s diet in Mediterranean countries like Italy and Greece where people eat less milk products, meat, poultry and saturated fat but [...]

Horatio Nelson VS Yi Sun-sin

Horatio Nelson VS Yi Sun-sin

In London, the capital of the United Kingdom, there is Trafalgar Square. At the center of the square, there is the statue of Horatio Nelson(1771–1805), a legendary Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom. He defeated the Allied Navy at Trafalgar off coast of Spain when Napoleon’s French navy joined forces with the Spanish Armada to attack [...]

Stonehenge VS Goindol

Stonehenge VS Goindol

It is certain that everyone knows about Stonehenge, one of Ten Wonders of the World. Stonehenge, which means “stones hanging in the air “,is a relic in Southern England made up of 80 huge stone monuments of 8 meters high and weighing 50 tons. In 2008, a joint research team from 5 universities in England [...]

Miroku Bosatsu VS Bangasayusang

Miroku Bosatsu VS Bangasayusang

The Koryuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan was built in 603, is the oldest temple in Kyoto with a 1000 year history. Therefore there are many relics in the temple. The most eye-catching is the wooden statue of the half-seated Mireuk bosal which was registered as the national treasure of Japan in 1951 for the first [...]

Gutenberg Bible VS Jikji

Gutenberg Bible VS Jikji

Major media like Time Magazine, BBC, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post reported that “movable metal type printing” is the greatest invention in the last 1,000 years. With movable metal type printing, the public became the main player in producing and expanding information rather than just being recipients of information unilaterally from people [...]

Bone China VS Goryeo Cheongja

Bone China VS Goryeo Cheongja

What comes into your mind when you think of ceramics? Most of Western people will think of ‘Bone China’ when they think of ceramics. The name ‘Bone China’ originated from Great Britain in the 1800s. From a long time ago, Western people loved to eat meat and enjoyed hot tea. If they put the hot [...]

Aristotle VS Yi Hwang

Aristotle VS Yi Hwang

Who comes to your mind when you think of the most famous Western philosopher? Many people will say that it is Aristotle (BC 384-322), who along with Socrates and Plato, is the most influential scholar. He was the most influential Greek philosopher contributing to laying the foundation for Greek philosophy to be developed into a [...]

Alexander the Great VS Gwanggaeto the Great

Alexander the Great VS Gwanggaeto the Great

Alexander the Great Have you heard of Alexandria, a beautiful port city in the Mediterranean? This city was built by Alexander the Great(BC 356~BC 323), in his name as the King of Macedonia, who built a great empire over Greece, Persia and India. Despite the fact that he ascended the throne quite young, at 20 [...]

Queen Elizabeth VS Queen Seondeok

Queen Elizabeth VS Queen Seondeok

Perhaps there is no one who has studied western history that does not know it was Queen Elizabeth (1558–1603) who made the most important contribution to develop England into a great world empire. When Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1558, England was experiencing many difficulties at home and abroad. The country was being threatened [...]

President Lincoln VS King Sejong the Great

President Lincoln VS King Sejong the Great

If you ask an American who is the most respected president in the history, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) would be on top of the list. Lincoln was born as the only son to a poor farmer in a small log cabin in Kentucky. Even amid difficult conditions, he was admitted to the bar by studying on [...]

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