Aaannnnnnaaa Forest

Aaannnnnnaaa
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL CIVILIZATION

Anna Runnfeldt
Runnfeldt, Anna Thursday, June 5, 2014 8:23:31 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:f5:f1
CHAPTER 1
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Introduction
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation
rather than upon mere survival.
-Aristotle
The tall trees cover the entire forest.
Living strong and tall or dead lying
across the ground. You can hear the water
clashing against the rocks making its way
down the river. There are birds every-
where you look; landing on tree branches,
making nests, or just the sound of them
chirping as they y through the air. You
hear rustling in the bushes, sounds like
something big, erce but usually just a lit-
tle bunny rabbit, squirrel, or a deer. You
cant really get away from the bugs; they
are absolutely everywhere. Mostly ies
and mosquitos but there are more that
come around occasionally.
Theres a strong smell throughout the
entire forest. Its smells like the store
where you go christmas tree shopping,
but all the time. It kind of mixes with the
powerful breeze to make you really get
the feel for the forest.
It is in this favorable geographic envi-
ronment that the civilization of
Aaannnnnnaaa will be founded. It is a
civilization whose design takes its inspira-
tion from the study of past civilizations
such as the Arabs, the Aztecs, the
Greeks, the Mayans, the Mesopotami-
ans, and the Romans, among others. This
book will document the necessary steps
to take in order to create a successful civi-
lization.
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What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar
modication of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree
itself, is a problem for philosophy.
-Samuel Alexander
CHAPTER 2
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Analysis of the Problem
The rst step in building a successful civi-
lization is to secure basic human needs
such as food, water, shelter, and clothing.
Due to its geography, the major chal-
lenges the civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa
faces in achieving a basic food supply
and water include the following:
You cant have a successful civilization
without a solid food and water supply. A
challenge that the Maya faced was how to
grow enough food for everyone. The for-
est has the same problem. The only way
to get food in the forest is hunting, spear
shing, and collecting berries off of
bushes. If youre not careful with how
many animals youre hunting, they could
go extinct and that could cause some
problems, including, starvation. Also,
when youre collecting berries, you have
to be very attentive of which ones you
pick because a lot of them are poisonous.
Another main problem would be when
your trying to kill animals for food, that
could be really dangerous because lots of
animals you want to eat are much
stronger then you. A consequence from
failing to solve the problem would be,
you could die because of the strong ani-
mals ghting back. Another consequence
is, because hunting isnt really a steady
food supply, you could have a bad week
and not nd any food and you could die
of starvation. Another issue would be all
the poisonous fruits on bushes that you
could accidently eat. There are a lot of ber-
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ries that are ok to eat and wont harm
your body, but there are a lot that will.
They could make you very sick, sick
enough to die.
In the forest, it is quite a struggle to get
water. One problem is that theres going
to be far walks and lots of animals that
want the water too and they may ght
you for it. There could be mama bears
and their cubs drinking water by the river
and you come by and the mama bear
might try to attack you if you get too
close to her baby. Another problem would
be, having buckets out collecting rain-
water because maybe there could be a
couple days or weeks without rain and
you could die of thirst. Another conse-
quence from collecting rain water from
buckets would be, maybe the water could
be bad for you or something bad couldve
gotten into it and that could harm your
body.
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After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the
soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
-William R. Alger
CHAPTER 3
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Proposed Solutions
The initial step in building a successful
civilization is to secure basic human
needs such as food and water. Due to its
geographic location, the major challenges
that the civilization of AAAANNN-
NAAAA faces in attaining a sufcient
supply of food and water include the
following:
Your civilization wont last very long if
you dont have a good supply of food
and water. A good technique is slash and
burn. It will open up a lot of space for
growing crops. The only downside is that
it wont create a long lasting food supply
because after a while the soil will become
hard and rough. But for a while, that
would be a good way of getting food. An-
other way to get food is to sit by the river
and stab sh with your spear as they
swim by. Then, you can put them over
your re and cook them. This is a good
technique because its pretty hard to
build a shing rod and learn how to sh.
In the forest, it rains a lot so your plants
get lots of water so you dont have to do
it yourself. You can make a vault to keep
all of your villagers food from getting
eaten. I think the vault is a really good
idea because it will keep a lot less drama
from happening because there are people
who will steal if the food isnt locked up.
In the forest, it tends to rain a lot; The
mild weather and plentiful rains made
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the foothills a good place to farm (Frey
35). This is why a good way of collecting
water is in buckets or in large holes in the
ground, padded by wood. This is a good
technique because it can collect a large
amount of water at one time so you will
have a good supply of water for a while if
there are ever days or weeks without
rain. You can use wood from trees for
making buckets and to surround the
earth holes. You can make an aqueduct to
supply to every house around the village
so everyone doesnt have to make long
walks every time theyre thirsty. If you
dont have the right resources to make an
aqueduct, you can just make your civiliza-
tion by a river for easy water access.
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My home
River
Aqueduct
Interactive 3.1 Aqueduct
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will
nd a way around the laws.
-Plato
CHAPTER 4
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Law & Government
Lessons of Democracy
Today, we still use some of Athens gov-
ernment strategies. An important lesson
we learned from Athens is to give every-
one equal chances and opportunities. You
need to be fair to the lower class because
there are usually a bigger percentage of
them so they could eventually try to over-
come the higher class. If they succeed that
could start really big problems that could
involve ghting. An example of equal
chances would be their Direct Democ-
racy. A direct democracy is where every-
one gets to vote, only free men over the
age of eighteen of coarse. Another exam-
ple of this would be the Conict of Or-
ders. The Conict of Orders is when the
Plebeians were demanding more political
rights for themselves. If the lower class
isnt happy, your government isnt going
to work because they make up a huge per-
centage of the population. Another exam-
ple would be the Council of 500 because
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This is the Pantheon
Gallery 4.1 Types of Architecture
the Council of 500 is randomly chosen to
make the laws, they arent just chosen by
the most upper class, perfect people. This
led to Veto which means I forbid. The
plebeians would use this when they felt a
law was unjust to them. It also led to the
Twelve Tables. The twelve tables were a
code of law that was written down to en-
sure that Patricians no longer changed
laws when they felt like it.
An important lesson we learned from
the Roman Republic is how to get to the
top, in other words, how to achieve great-
ness. In 509 B.C.E., the Romans overthrew
the Etruscan Kings. This was a big deal
because the Etruscan Kings had ruled
over the Romans for hundreds of years.
After a while, the Romans established a
republic, which is a government where
citizens elected representatives to rule for
them. Then, they started making laws
and deciding who got to do what. At rst,
only Patricians were allowed to be apart
of the government. The government was
set up by the Senate and Consuls. The
Senate was a group of 300 men that the
Patricians elected who served for life.
Their job was to appoint government of-
cials and to serve as judges. The Consuls
were the two leaders of the Senate who
commanded the army and ran day-to-day
affairs of Rome. The laws were all made
by the Senates, who often changed them
to benet themselves because the laws
were not written down as proof. In 451
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B.C.E., the Plebeians demanded more po-
litical rights for themselves, known as the
Conict of Orders. This led to both the Pa-
tricians and the Plebeians to be part of the
government. It also led to the Tribune of
the Plebs which were ofcials elected by
the Plebeians to speak for their rights in
the Senate and also the Council of Plebs
which was the Plebian lawmaking body.
Still, the Senate passes laws but the Trib-
une of Plebs can veto laws that they
thought were unfair. There was also the
Council of Plebs who could make laws
only for Plebeians. In 367 B.C.E., the
Twelve Tables was formed. The Twelve Ta-
bles was a code of law that was written
down to ensure that Patricians no longer
changed laws when they felt like it. Fi-
nally, in 287 B.C.E., Plebeians gained the
right to pass laws for all Roman citizens
and Plebian assemblies nominated con-
suls, tribunes, and members of the Sen-
ate. I think that the Roman Republic is an
example of achieving greatness because
in the beginning, they overcame the Etrus-
can Kings who had ruled for hundreds of
years. They started out with Patricians be-
ing way above the Plebeians, but in the
end, they were pretty much equal. I con-
nection I made while learning about Les-
sons of Democracy was, back when white
people were the higher class and black
people were lower class, but in the end
they are all equal and all get to do the
same things. And that is a pretty good les-
son to learn.
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An important lesson to learn from
Sparta is to make sure not only one per-
son holds power. Sparta started as an Oli-
garchy, which is a form of government
where three to four wealthy men take
power together. This type of government
was smart but not smart enough because
only males could be part of it and they
had to be either wealthy or a high re-
spected citizen. After an Oligarchy, was a
Tyrant who would form a Tyranny. Tyran-
nies never worked out because power
would just go to their heads and no one
likes an insane ruler so this led to the
Council of Elders. The Council of Elders
consists of two kings who shared equal
power and 28 other men over the age of
60. The Council of Elders prepares laws
for the Assembly to vote on but the As-
sembly had very little power and could
only say yes or no, so there was no de-
bate. The Council of Elders was a great
way for the government to run and left
Sparta in good hands for years and years.

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I try to make my civilization as great and strong as I can, The Ro-
mans greatest contributions to science and technology came in the
practical elds of architecture and engineering(Frey 366).
Code of Laws
Hammurabis Code of Babylonia is one of
the oldest codes of law in the world. How-
ever, some of the laws were very harsh
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towards the Babylonian citizens. In my civi-
lization of Aaaannnnaaaa, the laws are a
lot less tough. I think if your ruler is way
too harsh then you wont get anywhere be-
cause your people will not feel safe and
will try to get away or hide. But if your
ruler is way to easy going then everyone
will be breaking laws and nothing will be
done. So, in other words, to be a successful
ruler, you need to be in the middle of harsh
and relaxed. The laws I have made will
make the civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa
very successful in lasting for a very long
time. In Aaaannnnaaaa, the harshest pen-
alty for the worst crime you could commit
is either being exiled for life or death. I do
not like to have people put to death but if it
is necessary in the situation then it must be
done. My most common penalty is being
exiled because I think it is a good way to
get the bad people that are disrupting our
civilization out and gone for either just a
few years or forever.
One of my laws that is a good example of
being successful is, that if you murder any-
one without a reasonable excuse (for exam-
ple self defense etc.), you shall be exiled for
life. I think this law will help maintain or-
der because there are going to be bad peo-
ple everywhere you go, even in my won-
derful civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa. An-
other one of my laws is that if you steal
anything from ones home, store, restau-
rant, barn, etc., you shall be exiled for 4
years. I think this law will help maintain or-
der because when people of your
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civilization steal, it causes a lot of drama
and you dont want that in a civilization
because you just want everything to run
smoothly and everyone to get along. An-
other one of my laws is that for population
reasons, the maximum amount of children
you may have is 3. If you have more then
three children, you have to either give
them to other families or have them put to
death. If you already have two children
and your having another but it ends up be-
ing twins then that is an exception. I think
this is a good law because it will keep the
civilization at a good number because you
dont want your civilization with so many
people that there isnt enough food or land
etc. for everyone. With all of my great
laws, my civilization will be successful in
everything and rise to the top.
1) If you steal anything from ones home,
you shall be exiled for 4 years.

2) You cannot milk another mans cow be-
cause that is stealing milk. If you do so,
you will be punished for stealing. (The
punishment for stealing is exiled for 4
years.)

3) Every man who is 18 years or older
must work for the city at least 6 hours a
week. If you do not do so and dont have a
reasonable excuse, you shall be exiled for 3
years.

4) You may not kill animals that you are
not going to eat.

Laws
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5) If you murder anyone without a reason-
able excuse, you shall be exiled for life.

6) You must send your children to school
by the age of 6.

7) For population reasons, the maximum
amount of children you may have is 3. If
you have more then three children, you
have to either give them to other families
or have them put to death. If you already
have two children and your having an-
other but it ends up being twins then that
is an exception.

8) If you are sick you may not be around
anyone other then family for at least 4
days after you are better.
9) If you are 60 years or older you have the
choice to work for the city or not.

10) Drugs are not allowed at anytime. If
you are caught with drugs within the civili-
zation of Aaaannnnaaaa you are exiled for
life.
11) Children must go to school a minimum
of 12 years (from age 6 to at least 18).
12) In school, children must learn at least
the basics of mathematics their rst couple
years of school (ages 6 to 8). Once you are
9 years old you must start to learn every
other class like English, history, and sci-
ence.
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13) Once a man turns 18, they have a
choice to either be in the military a mini-
mum of 4 years then come home to work
for the civilization or you can continue
school and become a scholar.
14) If you choose to continue school in-
stead of going to the military, you have an
opportunity to become ruler. You have to
go through multiple classes and courses to
make sure you are up to the job. You must
be both smart and strong.
15) Once a ruler is elected, they have an
eight-year period to serve the civilization.
After eight years, they have a chance to be
re-elected but only can be elected again for
2 years.
There are many important points political
leaders within a civilization should learn
from the political leadership of Julius Cae-
sar. Julius Caesar did many wonderful
things to make his civilization great like
giving work to thousands of Romans by
starting projects to make new roads and
public buildings. This kept people off the
streets by giving them jobs and also
brought new buildings to the civilization
to make the civilization grow, He halted
the extensive use of slavery in rural areas
and provided jobs for poor people by pass-
ing a measure requiring that a third of the
ranch laborers be Roman citizens (Frey).
In my civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa, I
think we could learn a lot from Julius Cae-
sar. Like, limiting the number of slave
Political Leadership-Julius & Augustus
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estates could employ, poor free people to
be able to nd more work. He did this by
giving poor people things to do around the
civilization, which beneted him too. In
my civilization, I could do this too by
building lots of shelters or homes for my
villagers to live. The political leaders
within my civilization will take action
from the steps of Augustus Caesar by fol-
lowing in his footsteps. I can do this by let-
ting the senators make more decisions like
he did which turned out well because it
made more people happy. He got lots of
soldiers to protect him and to guard him
so he doesnt end up like his father, he
made aqueducts to bring people fresh wa-
ter, he made a re department to keep
people safer from res, and he restored or
rebuilt buildings to keep everything up to
date and good. Augustus made many deci-
sions that I am fond of, He built Romes
rst library and he also encouraged many
of his wealthy friends to provide nancial
support for writers and artists(Frey). In
conclusion, Augustus made both good and
bad decisions in his life of being a ruler
and I will try my best to run my civiliza-
tion like he did, but in only the good ways
I can.
Decline of Western Rome
I believe there were multiple reasons for
why the Roman Empire came to an end
but I think the main reason for the decline
of the Western Roman Empire was
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political corruption. I believe this because
having a leader was an important aspect of
Rome because without them the military
would have no direction. An issue though
was how to choose the leader. Because the
praetorian guards were choosing the lead-
ers, people started to rebel because they
didnt always agree on the chosen leader.
One way to prevent this couldve been to
look back in time and see what worked
and what didnt. This way people could
have learned from their mistakes, and
been able to improve different aspects of
their government so that Rome could
move forward. The leaders of Rome didnt
care enough about the welfare of Rome be-
cause they were too focused on the fact
that they were the leader to actually lead
Rome. Rome needed leaders that they
could trust, not people who would just
spend all of their money on themselves.
The political corruption caused many prob-
lems in Rome, because unlike the Greeks,
they didnt have an organized way to
choose a new leader. The choice on a new
leader would always be constantly de-
bated between former leaders and citizens,
and nothing would get done. Gradually,
the Praetorian Guard gained complete
authority to choose the new emperor and
in 186 C.E., the army began the practice of
selling the throne to the highest bidder.
During the next 100 years, Rome had 37 dif-
ferent emperors - 25 of whom were re-
moved from ofce by assassination. This
contributed to the overall weaknesses of
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the empire. This problem could have
been prevented because if Rome had had
an organized way to choose just one
leader, then their would have been much
less ghting and more successful citizens.
In conclusion, Rome needed focused lead-
ers to run their empire if they wanted to
survive. This is why I think political cor-
ruptions are the main reason for why the
Roman Empire did not last. In my civiliza-
tion of Aaaannnnaaaa, there will not be
political corruption. There will be smart,
strong, and wealthy people ruling my civi-
lization. Unlike Rome, Aaaannnnaaaa will
have an organized voting system to elect a
trustworthy ruler. The leaders of Rome
didnt care enough about the welfare of
Rome because they were too focused on
the fact that they were the leader to actu-
ally lead Rome. Rome needed leaders
that they could trust, not people who
would just spend all of their money on
themselves. In my civilization, that will
never happen because I will have an ad-
vanced money system where we watch
what people spend. The political corrup-
tion caused many problems in Rome, be-
cause unlike the Greeks, they didnt have
an organized way to choose a new
leader. The choice on a new leader
would always be constantly debated be-
tween former leaders and citizens, and
nothing would get done. Gradually, the
Praetorian Guard gained complete
authority to choose the new emperor and
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in 186 C.E., the army began the practice
of selling the throne to the highest bid-
der. During the next 100 years, Rome
had 37 different emperors - 25 of whom
were removed from ofce by assassina-
tion. This contributed to the overall
weaknesses of the empire. This problem
could have been prevented because if
Rome had had an organized way to
choose just one leader, then their would
have been much less ghting and more
successful citizens. In my civilization, if
you are voted ruler and you dont meet
the expectations, you can be taken from
the throne at any moment.
Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems
moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered
from afar.
-George Eliot
CHAPTER 5
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The Fall of Rome
Problems
I believe there were multiple reasons for
why the Roman Empire came to an end
but I think the main reason for the decline
of the Western Roman Empire was politi-
cal corruption. I believe this because hav-
ing a leader was an important aspect of
Rome because without them the military
would have no direction. An issue though
was how to choose the leader. Because
the praetorian guards were choosing the
leaders, people started to rebel because
they didnt always agree on the chosen
leader. One way to prevent this couldve
been to look back in time and see what
worked and what didnt. This way peo-
ple could have learned from their mis-
takes, and been able to improve different
aspects of their government so that Rome
could move forward. The leaders of
Rome didnt care enough about the wel-
fare of Rome because they were too fo-
cused on the fact that they were the
leader to actually lead Rome. Rome
needed leaders that they could trust, not
people who would just spend all of their
money on themselves. The political cor-
ruption caused many problems in Rome,
because unlike the Greeks, they didnt
have an organized way to choose a new
leader. The choice on a new leader would
always be constantly debated between for-
mer leaders and citizens, and nothing
would get done. Gradually, the Praeto-
rian Guard gained complete authority to
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choose the new emperor and in 186 C.E.,
the army began the practice of selling the
throne to the highest bidder. During the
next 100 years, Rome had 37 different em-
perors - 25 of whom were removed from
ofce by assassination. This contributed
to the overall weaknesses of the empire.
This problem could have been prevented
because if Rome had had an organized
way to choose just one leader, then their
would have been much less ghting and
more successful citizens. In conclusion,
Rome needed focused leaders to run their
empire if they wanted to survive. This is
why I think political corruptions are the
main reason for why the Roman Empire
did not last.
In my civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa, there
will not be political corruption. There will
be smart, strong, and wealthy people rul-
ing my civilization. Unlike Rome,
Aaaannnnaaaa will have an organized
voting system to elect a trustworthy ruler.
The leaders of Rome didnt care enough
about the welfare of Rome because they
were too focused on the fact that they
were the leader to actually lead Rome.
Rome needed leaders that they could
trust, not people who would just spend
all of their money on themselves. In my
civilization, that will never happen be-
cause I will have an advanced money sys-
tem where we watch what people spend.
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The political corruption caused many
problems in Rome, because unlike the
Greeks, they didnt have an organized
way to choose a new leader. The choice
on a new leader would always be con-
stantly debated between former leaders
and citizens, and nothing would get
done. Gradually, the Praetorian Guard
gained complete authority to choose the
new emperor and in 186 C.E., the army be-
gan the practice of selling the throne to
the highest bidder. During the next 100
years, Rome had 37 different emperors -
25 of whom were removed from ofce by
assassination. This contributed to the
overall weaknesses of the empire. This
problem could have been prevented be-
cause if Rome had had an organized way
to choose just one leader, then their
would have been much less ghting and
more successful citizens. In my civiliza-
tion, if you are voted ruler and you dont
meet the expectations, you can be taken
from the throne at any moment.

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
-William James
CHAPTER 6
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Systems of Belief
Civilizations need a belief system for
many reasons. Think of a civilization
where no one believed in anything and
everyone did what he or she wanted. Peo-
ple need moral anchors. Even when every-
thing is chaotic, if people have a basic set
of rules to look back upon, the stability of
your civilization will be increased. Relig-
ion gives hope, rules, and a sense of com-
munity. When everyone has common
ideas, there is less of a chance of conict.
Without rules and common beliefs, comes
more conict and issues. What every civi-
lization needs to maintain is order and its
moral values. A civilization without
moral values is like an ocean without wa-
ter, an ice cream cone without ice cream
or a sun without shine.
In order to further understand the impor-
tance of a belief system on society, and
their inuence on their followers, ac-
knowledge the moral dilemma below:
Roger Smith, a skillful swimmer, is out for a
leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk
he passes by a deserted pier from which a teen-
age boy who apparently cannot swim has
fallen into the water. The boy is screaming des-
perately for help. Smith recognizes that there
is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps
in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he
tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the
boy's cries. "Why should I inconvenience my-
self for this kid," Smith says to himself, and
passes on.
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In this situation, a callous passerby, a man
by the name Roger Smith was not show-
ing moral values. What Roger Smith did
wasnt just not okay; it was displeasing to
the ear. He let a fourteen-year old boy
drown in the middle of the ocean and
that is denitely not okay. I would under-
stand why Roger didnt save the boy if he
didnt know how to swim, but it said in
the passage that he was a strong and
skilled swimmer. He couldve at least
called for help from someone else, instead
of walking by the scene on his leisurely
stroll. If Roger Smith were a Hindu, he
would not have just walked by a drown-
ing young man. This is where the use of
Karma would come into action. Karma is
the sum of a person's actions in this and
previous states of existence, viewed as de-
ciding their fate in future existences. If
Roger Smith would have jumped in and
saved this boy from drowning, his Karma
would be very good because he saved a
life; but since he let the boy drown, his
karma is going to make him come back in
his next life as maybe an ant or if hes
lucky, a beetle. There is another belief
within the Hindu religion called Dharma.
Dharma is the principle of cosmic order.
There are many things that come along
with the belief of Dharma, Dharma
stands for law, obligation, and duty(Frey
148). Dharma is what you need to do be-
fore you die like your job or duty that
needs to be accomplished before you pass
away. As a good Hindu, Roger would
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have thought about his dharma and he
wouldve saved the boy because it is his
duty.
If Roger Smith practiced the religion of
Buddhism, he would have saved the boy
because Buddhism is all about following
the eightfold path. Buddhism was created
by the Buddha, The Buddha saw that
even when one nds pleasure, it does not
last forever, and one suffers when it is
lost (Frey 159). The eightfold path in-
cludes right understanding, right pur-
pose, right speech, right action, right way
to earn a living, right effort, right mindful-
ness, and right concentration. If Roger
Smith practiced the religion and beliefs of
Buddhism, he would have thought about
his actions and would have thought
about the eightfold path before he de-
cided to just walk by the drowning boy.
Also in the Buddhism religion there are,
The Four Noble Truths, which include
four different truths, but here is one, "suf-
fering" is present in all things, and noth-
ing lasts forever. These are the basic rules
to think about when Buddhists are mak-
ing decisions, and this is why Roger
Smith needs to think before he acts.
If Roger Smith practiced the teachings of
Confucianism, he would have saved the
drowning boy. Confucianism is based
upon harmonic relationships. The core of
Confucianism is that everybody, accord-
ing to the relationship they have with oth-
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ers, must act in a way that creates har-
mony. One of the many principles in Con-
fucianism is how older and younger peo-
ple act. As an older male, Roger Smith, ac-
cording to the principles of Confucianism
is supposed to be a good role model for
the community. That means being just,
fair, honest, kind, and respectful. Roger
Smith would save the boy because it is
his duty to show others with less wisdom
the right thing to do. As Kongfuzi once
said, The goal of Confucianism was a
just and peaceful society (Frey 208). In-
side the teachings of Confucianism, there
are ve basic relationships: ruler and sub-
ject, husband and wife, father and son,
older sibling and younger sibling, and
friend and friend. Confucius created
these relationships so people could have
a basic understanding of how to interact
with each other in society. Confuciuss
teachings have helped guide people for
generations and continue to do so to this
very day.
In conclusion, the religions of Hinduism,
Confucianism, and Buddhism have
helped guide people for thousands of
years. Religion provides moral guidance
to people to help them approach every
day life with the tools needed to solve eve-
ryday problems. Religion provides basic
knowledge, but every person can do
something different with that knowledge.
Religion also gives a backbone for moral
values so people have a general idea on
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how to act and treat one another. Moral
values are essential if a civilization is to
thrive and stand for the rest of time.
Belief System of Aaaannnnaaaa
In my civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa we
treat kindness as our rst priority. A very
important word in my civilization is Ttu-
barb. Ttubarb comes from the Latin root
word kindness so thats the word in my
civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa for kind-
ness. Ttubarb is the value of being kind.
Kindness is important because it pro-
motes peace and goodwill. For people in
my civilization to show their respect and
kindness, they need to go into my sacred
places such as my meditation hall and my
building of stairs called Ttubarb to pray.
Peace is stability and stability helps peo-
ple advance forward. In the Buddhism re-
ligion, they try to take the middle path in
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This is inside of the meditation building.
Gallery 6.1 These are my two sacred buildings within my civiliza-
tion.
everything, which takes strength to do.
This relates to Ttubarb because they both
promote kindness and wellbeing. When
people in a civilization are kind, it im-
proves the trust and honesty as well.
Kindness can bring a civilization together
so that they can grow and prosper.
Another very important moral value
in my civilization of Aaaannnnaaaa is
trustworthiness. A word in my civiliza-
tion for trustworthiness is solftub.
Solftub is the town inside my civilization
where we won our rst battle, which led
us to a grand victory. We were behind in
the battle because the people of my civili-
zation did not have trust for one another
and that just took us from the very top to
below the bottom. What we needed was
trust and that is what we got from each
other to pull through and win this battle
of Aaaannnnaaaa. In my civilization to
show that we trust one another, we have
a solftub day once a month in the city
hall. Whoever shows up, gets a special
promotion on the wall and when your
name is on the wall in town hall, people
really know who to look up to and who
are the people in my civilization with
true, great character. In the Confusion re-
ligion, they have the rule, Treat people
the way you would want to be treated
(Kongfuzi). And that rule is the rule we
have all over the civilization and what the
people of my civilization say to them-
selves when they think they may explode
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with anger towards someone else. These
are just some of the many reasons a civili-
zation needs solftub to survive on top.
There are plenty of examples why Feu-
dalism declined and nally came to an
end but here are the main reasons. The po-
litical changes in England, widespread
disease, and a series of drawn out wars
led to so much destruction. In the Hun-
dred Years War, the sicknesses killed
many people. A main sickness was called
the Bubonic Plague, which killed 24 mil-
lion people which led to The Black Death.
You would get the bubonic plague by con-
taminated eas ying around biting peo-
ple. In England, the document, Magna
Carta was an argument that limited the
kings power. This document was the rst
document forced onto a king of England.
During this time, there was an argument
between the barons and the king. The bar-
ons agreed that the king would continue
to rule. The idea became a main part of
English common law known as Habeas
Corpus. At this time, peasants wanted
more rights and so this lead to the Eng-
lish Peasants War.
Another reason there was a decline of Feu-
dalism was because of a series of wars
known as the Hundred Years War. This
changed the way that wars were fought.
The wars were between England and
France. The English won most of the
early battles. During battle, the English ar-
33
mies armored with lots of tools. One was
an archer armed with long bows. This
gave many advantages in war because of
how strong this tool was. A 17-year-old
peasant known as Joan of arc inspired
this. In conclusion, there are many things
that happened which led to the decline of
Feudalism.
Sacred Space
In my civilization of, Aaaannnnaaa, I
built a very tall building with stairs inside
leading to the top. Once you reach the
top, there is a door you climb through
leading to a glass roof. Once you get
through to the roof you look up to the uni-
verse above and all around you and pray.
The reason I made it so high up is be-
cause it shows true character if you take
the time out of your day to climb up to
the very top of the building and just relax
and think about the good and bad things
you have done since the last time you
went up to the top and prayed. The big-
gest reason I made this building is be-
cause when youre up there thinking
about who you could apologize to and
who you could be nicer to or what kind
things you could do for others and not
just yourself. I think this building will
really help the people of my civilization
relax for a little bit and just think about
moral values just like in the Buddhism re-
ligion where they would just meditate
and relax for hours and hours without a
care in the world. When the people of my
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civilization climb up to the top of my
tower with all their strength, they must
pray and think to themselves, Do not do
to others what you would not want done
to you (Frey 208).
The Middle Ages
Rise of Feudalism and The Church
The fall of Rome and the threat of the
Barbarians led to the rise of Feudalism
and the Roman Catholic Church in many
ways. One being that the Barbarians gave
the people a need for protection. Even
though Feudalism gave the people a
sense of protection, there was still no cen-
tral government. Charlemagne was the
most important leader of he Franks. He
encouraged education and scholarship,
making his court the center of culture.
Most importantly, he unied nearly all
the Christian lands of Europe into a sin-
gle empire. Some people called him the
King Father of Europe. Charlemagne
built the empire with the help of the
Pope, Leo III. Leo III was the leader of the
Catholic Church in Rome. In this time,
the church was a central part of society.
There were the Barbarians, Vikings, and
the Muslims, In the 9th and 10th centu-
ries, western Europe was threatened by
three main groups(Frey 21). In a need
for order. The kingdom mostly belonged
to the monarch, but a lot of the land was
owned by the church. The king had some
land as well and gave efs to his impor-
tant lords and knights in times of war.
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But most lords and wealthier knights
lived in manors. Manors were large es-
tates. These are some of the big reasons
why Feudalism survived year after year.
Decline of Feudalism
There are plenty of examples why Feudal-
ism declined and nally came to an end
but here are the main reasons. The politi-
cal changes in England, widespread dis-
ease, and a series of drawn out wars led
to so much destruction. In the Hundred
Years War, the sicknesses killed many
people. A main sickness was called the
Bubonic Plague, which killed 24 million
people which led to The Black Death. You
would get the bubonic plague by contami-
nated eas ying around biting people.
In England, the document, Magna Carta
was an argument that limited the kings
power. This document was the rst docu-
ment forced onto a king of England. Dur-
ing this time, there was an argument be-
tween the barons and the king. The bar-
ons agreed that the king would continue
to rule. The idea became a main part of
English common law known as Habeas
Corpus. At this time, peasants wanted
more rights and so this lead to the Eng-
lish Peasants War.
Another reason there was a decline of Feu-
dalism was because of a series of wars
known as the Hundred Years War. This
changed the way that wars were fought.
The wars were between England and
36
France. The English won most of the
early battles. During battle, the English ar-
mies armored with lots of tools. One was
an archer armed with long bows. This
gave many advantages in war because of
how strong this tool was. A 17-year-old
peasant known as Joan of arc inspired
this. In conclusion, there are many things
that happened which led to the decline of
Feudalism.
From Feudalism to Humanism
I believe there are many reasons for why
Europe moved from the Middle Ages to
the age of Enlightenment and the rise of
Humanism but Id say The Bubonic
Plague is one of the main reasons. I think
The Bubonic Plague for many reasons,
one being, The bubonic plague was the
most feared disease (Frey 48). Since so
many people were dying, people started
to worry and take caution. With a disease
like this going around, people were start-
ing to think about what is working and
what is not. The idea of the bubonic
plague could make many people very an-
gry because it started spreading in the be-
ginning of the Middle Ages which was
their new, great way of living. At rst,
people started blaming the Jews for the in-
curable diseases such as, the bubonic
plague, measles, cholera, and scarlet fe-
ver. People would say they were poison-
ing wells and with all this gossip going
around, the people would stop trusting
each other and people will stop feeling
37
the sense of community. In conclusion,
there were so many different things that
led to the decline of feudalism, from dis-
eases like the bubonic plague to several
wars that eventually just took down the
entire Middle Ages.
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CHAPTER 7
39
Power of Ideas
"If at rst, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
- Albert Einstein
Humanist Effect on Europe
The European society changed as a result
of the new questions, ideas, and ways of
thinking brought by the humanist mind-
set of the Renaissance in many ways.
There were many advances in painting,
sculpture, literature, science, and
mathematics which is what made them so
successful. During the renaissance art
was a huge deal. The Medicis spent huge
sums of money on ne palaces, paintings,
and statues. Patrons, like the medicis, cre-
ated opportunities for talented painters
who made numbers of advances in style
and technique. Sculpting and painting
were both inuenced by the humanist in-
terest in realism. They were also inspired
by ancient roman statues dug up from ru-
ins. They wanted to show emotions and
how people actually looked. During the
renaissance the topics people wrote about
started to change and so did the style of
writing and language of which they
wrote, not based on religion. They started
to put a lot more thought and emotion
into it; abstract thoughts. Once they
started to write down their own experi-
ences and discoveries, there were huge ad-
vances in science and mathematics. Many
people contributed to the advances but,
Leonardo designed bridges, weapons,
and many other machines(Frey 329). Be-
fore the renaissance, most people be-
lieved in natural world because ancient
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texts said so. These are all examples of
why the European society changed as a re-
sult of the new questions, ideas, and
ways of thinking brought by the human-
ist mindset of the Renaissance.
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Humanist Ideas in My Civilization
There were many productive things the
humanists did such as new ideas and tra-
ditions, which made them so successful,
which my civilization could take a few
hints from. They pretty much ended
abusing people when they broke the
law, which in my civilization, we do not
believe in abusing other humans but I
do have a dungeon if you do something
so ridiculously horrible. I am going to
take away my dungeon but keep my jail.
In the jail, they are treated better then
most jails but its a rule that we give
them no respect. Another example is that
in my laws, I said a lot about exiling peo-
ple, which I do not believe is necessary
anymore but even in Florence they exiled
people, During the Medicis exile, he rec-
ognized the citys defenses (Frey 330). I
am going to take out all laws about exiling
and make it that the person who did the
bad thing will get to choose between be-
ing exiled for however long their crime
says or jail for that amount of time. That
way, no one can go against me on my deci-
sion making because I even give criminals
decisions. In conclusion, there were many
productive things during the humanist
times that my civilization could take
many pointers from and from here on out,
we will be rearranging our civilization to
think like humanists.
42
Many things contributed to people believ-
ing the church was corrupt but there were
two main points which were worldliness
and corruption within the church, and po-
litical conict between the pope and Euro-
pean monarchs. Worldliness and corrup-
tion within the church basically means
that the people started to believe that the
church was becoming far too worldly and
corrupt. People thought that the church
was supposed to be, a place of single
faith, but the church turned into a political
and economic institution as well as a relig-
ious one (Frey 348). There were also po-
litical conict between the pope and Euro-
pean monarchs. Basically what that means
is that since the pope was such a powerful
The Protestant Reformation political gure during these times, he had a
lot of say in what stays and what goes. He
came into many conicts with people such
as the kings and queens over church prop-
erty and the right to make appointments to
church ofces. This all came together to
make the pope entangled in many other po-
litical conicts. People were also mad by the
way many church ofcials tried to get
money to support the church. Two of these
practices were called indulgences and sim-
ony. An indulgence was a release from pun-
ishment for sins and simony was when the
church would sell ofces, or leadership posi-
tions. Instead of being chosen for merit, buy-
ers simply paid for their appointments. The
ideas and questions of reformers such as
Martin Luther differed from the traditional
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beliefs of the Catholic Church and threat-
ened its power in many ways. Like many
others, Luther wanted a change in the
Catholic Church. Many Christians of these
times asked the question of, What must I
do to be saved? The church would always
put forward that keeping the sacraments
and living a good life were the keys to sal-
vation. Luther argued that the Bible-not he
pope or church leaders- was the ultimate
source of religious authority. He said that
the only true sacraments were baptism and
the Eucharist because the other ve sacra-
ments had no basis in the Bible. Luther de-
cided to start his own church because
many Germans saw him as a hero. As he be-
came more and more popular, he also
continued to make new ideas. Not very
long after he started his own church, he
was openly organizing a new Christian
denomination known as Lutheranism.
This new church really put emphasis on
the Bible, unlike the Catholic Church. Lu-
ther translated the Bible into German and
made more things like hymns that were
also translated into German. Luther was
one of the main reasons Christian unity
came to an end.
Martin Luther was such a big threat
to the Catholic Church that they didnt
know what to do with him. He was such
a powerful and popular man that they
were afraid to try anything on him such
as killing him. Luther didnt like the way
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that the Pope was using things called, in-
dulgences and simony, to earn money for
the church to nish building the St. Peters
Cathedral. Indulgences and Simony were
things you could buy for a lot of money to
release your sins. Luther did not believe in
this because only the rich people would be
able to buy those so it was not fair to any-
one else. Luther did not believe in this so
he decided to make his ninety-ve theses,
which were arguments against the Catho-
lic Church. In all, eventually Luther got
his way and the people started to follow
his church and his ways not the old ways.
Famous Renaissance Figure
There were many productive things the
humanists did such as new ideas and tra-
ditions, which made them so successful,
which my civilization could take a few
hints from. They pretty much ended abus-
ing people when they broke the law,
which in my civilization, we do not be-
lieve in abusing other humans but I do
have a dungeon if you do something so
ridiculously horrible. I am going to take
away my dungeon but keep my jail. In
the jail, they are treated better then most
jails but its a rule that we give them no re-
spect. Another example is that in my
laws, I said a lot about exiling people,
which I do not believe is necessary any-
more but even in Florence they exiled
45
people, During the Medicis exile, he rec-
ognized the citys defenses (Frey 330). I
am going to take out all laws about exil-
ing and make it that the person who did
the bad thing will get to choose between
being exiled for however long their crime
says or jail for that amount of time. That
way, no one can go against me on my deci-
sion making because I even give criminals
decisions. In conclusion, there were many
productive things during the humanist
times that my civilization could take
many pointers from and from here on out,
we will be rearranging our civilization to
think like humanists
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