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Welcome to Chalcitis
Lex Von Klark

Von Klark, Lex Thursday, June 5, 2014 10:46:54 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:02:ff
CHAPTER 1
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Introduction
If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same
world at peace.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
On this land will be born the civilization of Chalcitis. A civilization whose design has been inspired from the study of past civilizations such
as the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Romans, the Greeks, the Arabs, and many more. This book will document the steps needed to be taken for the
design of a successful civilization; specically in regards to modications of the physical environment, infrastructure development, and the
favorable characteristics of government, spiritual belief systems, and culture.
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In the snowy mountain ranges of Duergar
the civilization of Chalcitis will be built. The
mountains themselves are cold, rocky, and
steep, while the valley below is barren and
arid. Little vegetation grows here, and the
animals are just as harsh as the land. What
the land lacks in hospitality, it makes up for
in ice.
In the Icy Mountains
I tried a dozen different modications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the nal design.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
CHAPTER 2
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Modifications
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Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
-Mark Twain
CHAPTER 3
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Laws and Government
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain,
our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. - The Dalai Lama.
CHAPTER 3
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Belief Systems
Religious Ideas about Morality
Did you know that around 802 million people have died in religious conicts around the world since the beginning of recorded history?
These deaths range from slaughters during the Crusades, (thanks Christianity), to suicide bombings across the world (thanks radical Is-
lam), and even to household violence. And depending on your point of view, your morality, these atrocities can seem just or righteous.
Evil is a point of view, and it always has been. You know what you know is right based upon what your parents taught you as a child. That
being said, belief systems help people to understand which of these moral values they believe to be right by telling stories regarding them.
This is why religions can be helpful in ancient civilizations. In order to better understand the importance of belief systems within a civiliza-
tion and how they can inuence the actions and decisions of a people, please consider the following moral dilemma:
A Callous Passerby

Roger Smith, and skillful swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll during the course of his
walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot
swim has fallen in the water, the boy is screaming desperately for help. Smith recog-
nizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself in he jumps in to save the boy; he
could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boys cries. Why
should I inconvenience myself for this kid, Smith says to himself, and passes on.
Does Roger Smith have a moral obligation to save the boy? Explain why or why not.
How do you know?
A Confucian would not save the boy, He or she would not save him because
not only does Confucianism value intelligence, something this boy clearly
lacks, it also values the respect between superior and inferior. So if an inferior,
the boy, were to receive help from his superior, the man, it would counteract this system. In fact, Frey states that All people must respect
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and obey those above them, and, In China, civil servants are the sons of nobles. They might or might not have the ability and wisdom to
do their jobs well (209). The quote about the civil servants talks about how Confucianism valued people who did well and knew how to
do things. This boy is a teenager and still does not know how to swim, nor is he smart enough to avoid falling off a pier. This lack of intelli-
gence and respect for the superior- inferior connection shows that a Confucian would not save the boy.
A Hindu would save the boy. He would save him because Hindus values karma and dharma the beliefs that you have a role to ll in life,
and all evil you have done in life will come back and haunt you in death and rebirth. Frey states that Karma was made up of all of the
good and evil that a person had done in past lives(149). This means that if the Hindu let the boy drown, he would get bad karma because
he wasnt following his dharma and be reborn as something lower than what he is now, like a mouse or a lower caste. Because of karma,
the Hindu would save the boy.
A Buddhist would save the boy. Buddhists are taught to live a life of selessness, so letting the boy die would be undoubtedly very selsh.
Frey quotes the Eightfold path (a set of rules made by the Buddha to help reach enlightenment) when she writes of the Buddhist directive
to Live a life of selessness (non selshness), love, and nonviolence (159). This shows that the man would be breaking the Buddhist law
by being selsh and not helping the boy. This is why a Buddhist would save the drowning boy. Because of the reasons states above, belief
systems are an important part of a society because they can help save lives and keep the civilization thriving. The civilization of Chalcitis
will be known for intelligence, justice, respect, and wealth. These values are similar to those valued by Confucianism, Hinduism, and Bud-
dhism. They are similar to Confucianism because they value intelligence. They are similar to Hinduism because they value justice. And
they are similar to Buddhism because they value respect. Religion has caused many horrible things in this world, but it also serves the pur-
pose of teaching people what is right and what is wrong in a society

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Sacred site
In order to represent the moral value of Intelligence, the civilization of Chalcitis built a huge library of collective knowledge that was in-
spired by the ancient library of Alexandria. This library helps the people of Chalcitis stay intelligent by making everyone over the age of 15
write a short paragraph on a topic of their choice every three months. At the end of the anointed time period, all the paragraphs and col-
lected and placed into the library for public viewing in order to add to the communal intellect of the civilization. Ismail Serageldin says of
the library at Alexandria, The great thinkers of the age, scientists, mathematicians, poets from all civilizations came to study and exchange
ideas here.
(http://www.serageldin.com/ancient_Library.htm). This is
similar to the library in Chalcitis because the point of the li-
brary in Chalcitis is to spread ideas made by the people in a
communal, regulated, and academic atmosphere. This is con-
sidered a sacred place by the people of Chalcitis because it has
existed for so long and is such a gigantic source of information
for the civilization.
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CHAPTER 4
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Ideas
Ideas to change the world
By the later portion Renaissance, the church had become cor-
rupt. Many people believe that humanists openly reject formal re-
ligious dogma and speak out against the idea of God. While this
may be true for some today, humanists of old were far from this.
Many of the original humanists where Catholics, and a few were
even devoted priests. Humanism did not start by questioning the
church; they started by wondering about the world around them.
Over time, they began to wonder about some of the things the
church preached about, and eventually began to see aws within
the church. Some of the rst humanists that saw these aws were
called Protestants, because they called for reforms in the church.
These reformers included Martin Luther, Jan Hus, and John Wy-
cliffe. They said that the aws included corruption in the form of,
indulgences, simony, high amounts of tithing, greediness, and
over-materialism. The church disliked that people were question-
ing them, so many of the reformers were punished cruelly.
The Protestant Reformers of the time raised many questions
about the Catholic Church and by doing so showed the public the
corruption that was infecting the church. Martin Luther asked the
question, What must I do to be saved? (352). He nailed a list of
95 arguments to the outside of a church in Wittenberg, and then
mailed around signed copies to various church leaders. These argu-
ments were against indulgences, the practice by which one may
buy their salvation from the church. Many people including Luther
thought that indulgences were wrong, but he was the rst to be so
brash and open about it. He excited many people, and caused un-
rest in the Catholic Church. People like him eventually made the
church take extreme measures in order to remain stable.
The Catholic
Church used many
questionable meth-
ods to deal with the Protestant Reformers. Some were burned at
the stake for heresy, while others were jailed up or just disap-
peared. Martin Luther, in particular, was forbidden from spread-
ing his writings and works. Frey States, The Holy Roman Em-
peror declared Luther a heretic and forbade the printing or selling
of his writings (353). This was one of the kinder ways the church
dealt with the reformers. The church felt very threatened by the re-
formers and their teachings so they tried their hardest to deal with
them.
In order to remain peaceful while also remaining creative, Chalcitis
would consider violent ideas as violent actions, and would con-
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sider and review peaceful changes. If an idea was interesting or
progressive, it would be presented to a committee made for review-
ing ideas that would change the civilization. If the idea was vio-
lent, rude, or disturbing, the person that had the idea would be im-
mediately denied and possibly ned depending on the severity of
the threat. Famous American Trials.com says, From June through
September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been con-
victed of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope
near Salem Village, for hanging (Douglas O. Linder). The Salem
with trials are a perfect example of what not to do when new ideas
are presented. The senseless slaughter of mostly innocents because
they present challenging ideas is a vain attempt to stop progress.
In Chalcitis, instead of being prosecuted for interesting ideas, ideas
would be reviewed and considered based on their practicality and
benet to the civilization. By doing this, only the best ideas will be
incorporated into the society and these ideas will greatly improve
life in Chalcitis. Using the best ideas would also promote creativity
in the civilization and possibly create new, better ideas.
If Nikola Tesla lived in Chalcitis, he would have changed the
civilization in benecial ways through his powerful, inventive
ideas. When Tesla was born, the majority of the world was still
lighted by candles. By his death he had invented a system to pro-
vide the entire world with free electricity, and he did so by himself.
The only reason this system is not in use today is because greedy,
stupid, selsh people like Thomas Edison wasted hundreds of dol-
lars in order to try and show that their product was better. Tesla
did nothing of the sort, he simply invented and engineered. Fa-
mous internet comic creator and comedian Matthew Inman once
said, Tesla was known for discovering amazing things and forget-
ting to write them down. Edison was known for rushing to the pat-
ent ofce as soon as one of his employees had something
(http://www.theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla). Tesla would greatly
improve Chalcitis by giving free electricity to everyone while also
inspiring wild creativity without worry of prot. Amazing, inven-
tive people like
Tesla would make
Chalcitis one of
the greatest civili-
zations of its time.
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An artists rendition of
Tesla being amazing.
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Bibliography
Frey, Wendy. History Alive!: The Ancient World. Palo Alto,
CA: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.
Frey, Wendy. History Alive!: The Medieval World and Be-
yond. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011.
Print.

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