Blake Noyes Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome. - Isabel Allende CHAPTER 1: SECTION 1 1 Introduction Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f The cold, barren wasteland is covered with soft, uffy snow. The sun reects on the snow to create a beaming, bright light when the light hits the snow that is very blinding to the eye. The cold, packed snow covers the ground with a big white sheet. The only plant life there are the fallen trees and the stumps of the trees that have been nocked down bye the winds. There is a couple trees left stand- ing that cast a shadow over the land that makes it dark and dreary. Animals are scarce because of the cold harsh weather and temperatures that can drop to under 0F. The only animals are the wild wolfs that attack on sight. Growing food is al- most impossible because the ground is packed with snow and there is little fer- tile land. Lying under the snow, the ground is frozen solid from the freezing air. Within this barren wasteland, the civi- lization of Balakia will soon to be born. Balakia is in this unfavorable geographic environment. It is a civilization whose de- sign takes its inspiration from the study of past civilizations such as the Arabs, the Aztecs, the Greeks, the Mayans, the Mesopotamians, and the Romans, among others. This book will document the necessary steps to take in order to cre- ate a successful civilization. 2 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f The rst step in building a successful civilization is to secure basic human needs such as food and water. Due to its geography, the major challenges the civilization of Balakia faces in achieving a basic food and water supply include the following: SECTION 2 3 Analysis of the Problem Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f The civilization of Balakia will have trou- ble obtaining food. There are a scarce amount of animals that walk into the bar- ren wasteland, so the people will have to be careful with their food. They cant bring cattle or other animals into the area because the animals will freeze and die. Farming wasnt easy in that mountainous land. Even in the plains and valleys, the land was rocky and water was scarce and would freeze. They would have to make some sort of house that lets light in but doesnt get snow on the plants. If the peo- ple do not obtain these things, they will die of starvation. Water will be hard to obtain because all the water is frozen in the ice and snow. Like the Maya, there is little surface water such as lake and streams. The people of Balakia will not have enough water for growing crops and just for drinking. It would be almost impossible to melt the snow and ice to get water because all the wood is moist and you cant burn wet wood to make a re. All civilizations need water. Water is one of the 3 needs of life along with food and oxygen. They will need to make some sort of irrigation system, to carry out water throughout the civilization, so all people get water. With- out water, the civilization will fall be- cause of having no food to give them en- ergy and no water to keep them hy- drated. 4 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f For a civilization to survive, it has to solve these problems by modifying the area and adapting to the climate. The people will have to do multiple things to get the basic resources. To get the basic needs of life this civilization will have to do the following: SECTION 3 5 Proposed Solutions Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f To get food the people of Balakia will have to make some sort of house that lest light in so they can farm and grow food for their people. It will be called a Sun- house. It will have a glass roof and sides that will let light shine though it and bring light to the plants. Instead of cat- tle, which need lots of at land for graz- ing, (the people of Balakia) domesticate sheep and goats, which can graze on the side of mountains (Frey 249). The sheep will get them food such as lamb. Sheep will survive because of their thick, wool coat that the people can use for cloths. Like farmers in the mountains, (they) relied on many different crops. They grew fruits, like melons and pomegran- ates (Frey 79). For the civilization of Balakia to get water, the people will have to nd a way to transport water from one area to an- other. They will have to build an irriga- 6 This is a picture of the people melting snow to make water for the city. Gallery 1.0 - Modications and Adaptions Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f tion system, to collect rainwater from the top of the mountains and bring it down to the people below. Another way they will get water is to take chunks of ice from the frozen lakes and melt them down to get fresh water. The nal way the people will get water, is to make a ma- chine that turns salt water into clean drinking water. A boiler is an example of what they can do to help them clean the water. They will also make a irrigation system that will transport the water all though the town. It will also be used as a sewer system to transport waste to a dump. Balakia will be hard to defend from invad- ers because the land provided no natural barriers for protection. There were no (valleys) or rushing rivers to keep out enemies (Frey 38). Like the Chi- nese, the people of Balakia will have to create a great big wall to protect their civi- lization from attacks and the harsh winds. Almost all farmers use my idea of a Sun- house in modern day life. They call it a greenhouse. It has the same idea of a glass house that lets light in to grow plants inside. But the difference is that they made it green color to attract the per- fect amount of light to let small plants grow. 7 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f One of the very important lessons from Athens and the idea of democracy is to let everybody in the city to be able to speak their mind and share their ideas. There are two different kinds of democracy, shown in different civilizations, such as direct CHAPTER 2 Lessons on Democracy 8 Laws and Goverment Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f democracy and representative democ- racy. A direct democracy is a democracy that everybody attends and everybody can speak his or her mind, as shown in Athens. A representative democracy is a democracy that a few people attend a meeting to discus laws. One of the pros of having direct democracy is that every- body gets to speak their mind at the same time range. One of the cons if having a di- rect democracy is that the meetings would take so long, and laws would be changed very fast and often. Some of the pros of having a represented democracy is that the laws arent changed as much, and the laws will be passed faster. One of the cons of having a representative de- mocracy is that only the few representa- tives could speak, and not all laws are heard or argued on. The Greek city of Sparta used the form of government called an oligarchy. An oligarchy is a type of government where there are a few wealthy or military leaders, ruling something. One of the pros of having an oligarchy is that the leaders are unlikely to get overthrown. One of the cons of having an oligarchy is that the rich get richer by the rulers put- ting more taxes and making the poor peo- ple pay more, and they get poorer. The oli- garchy of Sparta has two kings and 28 other citizens. This group of people makes up the Council of Elders, and the rulers of the oligarchy. Sparta also had a 9 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f group of all citizens called the Spartan As- sembly. The Spartan Assembly gathered in a big open space, because there was over 500 people in the assembly. A Spar- tan Citizen had to be at least 30 years old, not a women or slave, and have served in the army. The Spartan Assembly didnt have much power, and all they could do to vote was should YAY or NEY. Now we are going to look at the city of Athens The power of the Greek city Athens was given to the Council of 500. The Council of 500 was made up of 500 Athenian citi- zens. Athenian citizens had to be 18, born in Athens, and had to not be a woman or slave. The rest of the people made up the Athenian Assembly. The Athenian As- sembly was made up of at least 6,000 citi- zens. If the 6,000 goals werent met, peo- ple would go around with buckets of paint marking down people that didnt come. Over all Athens was a way better place to live in than Sparta. Now we are going to look at the ancient city of Rome, which had a very different type of govern- ment. The city of Rome used a form of gov- ernment that was both an oligarchy then later became a democracy. In the begin- ning Rome was split into two classes, the partitions (upper class) and the plebeians (low slave class). The Etruscan Kings ruled Rome at the earlier times of Rome. 10 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f All was well when they were ruling but when they died, the partitions ruled and Rome became an oligarchy. The partitions took up only 5% of the population of Rome, so when the partitions started to re- bel to make it a democracy, the partitions had to give them some power. Before they got their power, the partitions had a senate that passed laws for the people. The plebs didnt like the idea of having a senate with them not in it, so they told the partitions that they needed some power in the senate. The partitions told them that they could elect 10 people to serve in the Tribunes of the Plebs, which could veto any law that they thought was bias to the plebs. Finally Rome is now a democracy. 11 The Elders of the City. Roman Architecture Hot and Cold Water Bath Roman Dome Interactive Pic: Palace of the kings. Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f Code of laws The Codes of Hammurabi were very harsh laws. They involved death penal- ties and penalties that involve having you parts of body cut off. My laws are very dif- ferent than Hammurabis. My laws are very less harsh, no one dies they only get exiled. The people of Balakia will not have to be punished for something, be- fore they plead their case to the eight city elders. The elders will listen to their case and talk about if the person is guilty of committing the crime, that someone was just trying to get someone else exiled, or if it was just a mistake. If the case turns out that someone was trying to get some- one else exiled, then the person who re- ported the fake crime would have to pay a large ne. I believe that my law of hav- ing no death but only exile is fair. When someone kills someone for killing some- one then they are just as bad as the rst person that killed someone. My laws include some very great laws like having great education for all of our citizens, so that our civilization can be smart and educated. We need our citizens to be educated so that they can learn about different things in our civilization like war weapons. Another one of my laws that I think is great is my law that people cannot have over 2 children. This 12 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f law will maintain order, so that our civili- zation will not be overrun with to many weak people that cannot fend for them- selves. Our food storages will be run out very fast because we will have a popula- tion overgrowth. 1. To be a citizen of Balakia, you have to go through 10 years of education. 2. If a mother can give birth to two chil- dren only, if a mother gives birth to an- other child, her eldest and youngest child would be given to the orphanage. 3. After you nish your 10 years in edu- cation, you must request a job from the elders. If you dont, you will have to pay a ten-dollar ne everyday until you get a job. 4. Every 7th day, you have to meet at the center of town for a meeting, if you dont you have to donate 100 dollars to a char- ity of your choice. 5. Murder will be punishable by exile. If the criminals come back from exile they will get a marking on their cheek, which proves that they have murdered someone and will be exiled again. 6. If the crime of robbery is committed, then the person that committed the crime will have to pay double the amount they stole. 13 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f 7. If suicide is attempted and failed, the person will have to be put in prison for 1 year. 8. If Balakia will need to go to war, all men 18 to 30 years of age will have to be recruited for war purposes. If you deny you will have to send one of your family members to jail until you serve. 9. If a man is found evading taxes, they will have to pay triple the amount of taxes for 2 months. 10. People must have to put in 1000 hours of community service per year. 11. If someone in you family gets sick, and you need to take care of them, you will be able to get paid while you help them get better. 12. If you are caught stealing from the food storages you will have to give up everything you have worked for and re- start from nothing. 13. Nudity is punishable by paying a 100 dollar ne. 14. In order to sail a boat you have to have a boating license. If you dont you will have to give up your boat. 15. If you are caught sneaking into Blakes Palace, then you will have to get exiled unless you have a good reason why you were there. 14 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f 16. If you murder one of the elders, you will have to get tortured in a prison. 17. If anyone is found with illegal prod- ucts we will make him or her consume them, and then through them in prison. 18. If you escape prison you will have to face the head gladiator in the gladiator ring. Political Leadership The civilization can learn a lot from the rule of Augustus Caesar. Augustus Cae- sar was a great ruler. He made multiple different things to make all his people happy, even the slaves. He created differ- ent projects to give jobs to the poor and homeless. He also made laws to narrow the use of slavery to a minimal amount He halted the extensive use of slavery in rural areas and provided jobs for poor people by passing a measure requiring that a third of the ranch laborers be Ro- man citizens. (Frey). Augustus has taught me many things that I will incorpo- rate into my civilization. There are many different political points in a civilization that people could take from Julius Caesars rule. Caesar was a great leader of Rome, but he never took the title of ruler or dictator. He cre- ated a law that most slavery was halted, and created projects to give jobs to the poor He halted the extensive use of slav- ery in rural areas and provided jobs for 15 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f poor people by passing a measure requir- ing that a third of the ranch laborers be Roman citizens. (frey 17). The city of Balakia will have one secret ruler, me, but the people will think that the Elders rule. I will make projects for the poor and do many things like him. Caesar had a great rule, until he was murdered. Decline of Western Rome One of the most important parts of the fall of Rome was the political corruption. One of the problems that took place in the area of Political Corruption was the sys- tem that selects a new emperor. One way this problem could have been prevented is to give the Senate or another political body the right to choose the next em- peror. This would have caused the ght- ing for the throne to have been less of a problem. Another way that the problem would be xed was that the Emperor must have a list of heirs that would be the line of succession if the Senate were in- decisive. Also at the time when the em- pire dies both the emperors guard and the army are loyal to the Senate. That will keep allow them to keep the peace until they can nd another emperor to take over. Another important thing that could solve having 37 emperors in a 100year time was to give the army no power to elect the emperor. In the roman time the army would sell out the throne to the highest bidder. 16 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f To prevent political corruption in my civilization, I will rst not let too much power get into the hands of any person. One way I will do this is by not allowing any one general to command more than " of the army. Also, there will be a group of politicians who have been approved to rule by both the Senate and Assembly that could then take the position of Elder, the main rulers, if he died and already shared much power with the elders. Also, all generals, high judges, and top level ex- ecutive politicians must be high magis- trates and can be removed from their posi- tion if either the Senate or Assembly has second thoughts about them then they will immediately be removed unless they are one of the Elders. I also will have po- litical conventions if there is discontent with the political system. Where all of the Assembly, Senate, High Magistrates, and Elders meet in the senate square and cant leave until the Elders have created a de- cree that the many can agree on to solve the problem. In these conventions with no major opposition are the only way ma- jor laws or the constitution can be changed. 17 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. - Joan of Ark CHAPTER 3 18 Systems of Belief Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f Moral Dilemmas Think about a place, a place where all people will not know what is right or wrong. All people will do based on what they think is right. Every- body will be like brainless zombies, who will think for themselves and all people will have a different system. All people will be corrupt and will know no com- mon decency or morals. They will ght and never obey their leaders. Nobody will save other people from pain and suf- fering. The civilization will slowly chip away. Things will fall apart. Whether it is Judaism, Hinduism, or any other relig- ion, all civilizations need a belief system, moral values, and any common decency. 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: Joe is a fourteen-year-old boy who wanted to go to camp very much. His fa- ther promised him he could go if he saved up the money for it himself. So Joe worked hard at his paper route and saved up the $40 dollars it cost to go to camp, and a little more besides. But just before camp was going to start, his father changed his mind. Some of his fathers friends decided to go on a special shing trip, and Joe's father was short of the money it would cost. So he told Joe to give him the money he had saved from 19 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f the paper route. Joe didn't want to give up going to camp, so he thinks of refus- ing to give his father the money. I believe that the average Hindu per- son will give his or her father the money. He will gain some good karma by giving the father the money. Karma, a Hindu be- lief, is where all your good and bad ac- tions balance out. At the end of your life, your karma will be taken into play. If you have good karma, you have a great chance to move up into a better cast, but if you have bad karma, you will be born into a lower cast. If the father of the child takes the money, it is giving the father some bad karma for taking the child's money. Even though the father took the money and created some bad karma, it is the sons dharma to repay his father for all that he has done for him. Dharma is, a very important idea in Hinduism. Dharma stands for law, obligation, and duty. To follow ones dharma means pre- forming ones duties and so to live as one should.(Frey 148). The child owes his fa- ther for feeding him and letting him live in one's house. Either way, I believe that the Hindu child will keep the money and go to the camp. I believe that the average Buddhist fol- lower would give his father the money he needs to go on the trip. All Buddhist fol- lowers believe that you should not be self- ish, live a life of selessness(Frey 159), 20 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f and you should promote good actions. Even though the son has made all the money to go to camp, he should still not be selsh and give the money to his fa- ther. In a real Buddhist household, the fa- ther would not be asking his son for money to let himself go on a trip and leave his son at home. The father would probably be helping his son get the money for the son's trip. Even if either one of the men gets the money, it will still be a craving, which will cause suffering for the person left at home. I believe that the two men should both stay home and do something together or follow the mid- dle way I believe that if the son were a Confu- cian, he would give his father the money. The son would have to follow the "father- son" relationship and respect his elder. Even though we have to consider that, we also need to think about the elder/father setting a good example and not being self- ish. Also, if the father takes the money, the father will have to repay the child. The father will do this because Confucius taught, " Do not do to others what you would not want done to you,"(Frey 208). So, if they were Confucian, the son should give his dad the money and the dad should not take it. Now that you see, it becomes clear that all civilizations who have thrived 21 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f have believed in something or had a set of moral values. Without these things, all civilizations would crumble. All people use moral values in our actions, activities and everyday life. It doesnt matter what religion people follow. If it is Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, or all other re- ligions, without these religions, all actions that take place will be mindless actions and the world wouldnt be the same as it is today. My Civilizations Morals In an effort to create a successful civili- zation, the people of Balakia have estab- lished their own belief system. It shares similar religious beliefs and teaching with other world religions and helps the peo- ple of Balakia live with strong moral val- ues. Here are some examples. In my civilization of Balakia, one of my most valuable moral values is Sha- bona. Shabona means to stay gold, which creates a value of kindness and in- nocence. It is meant to keep the innocence and kindness that children have and hold back on drugs and alcohol. This value will also create a friendly environment of everyone wanting to help each other and the people around them. If everybody is helping each other, then nobody will want to ght each other, thus creating a greater force against attackers and stop- ing any in-community problems. This 22 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f moral value might seem to you as sort of cowardly or we are acting like hippies, but this law will not change our strength and bravery in battle. This law will only take place within our civilization, because if we take this law outside of our civiliza- tion, we will try to be kind and innocent, but we will need to be aware of if people are trying to do something to you. This moral value relates to the moral value, the Golden Rule, of Confucianism. They both create a system of none-violence and loyalty. Overall this moral value is needed in everyday life of my civiliza- tion. My second moral value is Zokia. Zokia is another meaning for striving to be your best. If my people of Balakia fol- low this moral value, all my people will want to strive to be their best and will work their hardest to increase their civili- zation status. Combined with my other civilization's moral value of Shabona, if everyone tries their best to achieve their full potential and are kind and innocent, it will create a system that makes people not ght for their achievements, but work- ing for them. Our moral value of Zokia re- lates to the Islam value of Jihad. A lot like Zokia, Jihad means to strive. Overall, Ji- had will create a community of working hard and striving to be your best. My third moral value is Klatui. Klatui means that you should not kill, steal, or 23 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f treat people meanly. This moral value will make the community of people not have to worry about their stuff being sto- len, or getting jumped on the street. It will make people not scared to go to out of their houses, because they will not be- lieve that they will get all their stuff sto- len or their house broken into. This moral value relates to one of the Ten Command- ments from Christianity. Both of these moral values help our civilizations with our crime and theft systems. Combined with my other two laws, this set will cre- ate a great start to my civilization's moral values. Sacred Spaces In my civilization of Balakia, this sa- cred space is a representation of my three moral values; Zokia, Klatui, and Shabona. The early Balakians put it here after they lost their rst civilization in the battle of the Northern Desert. The structure has 4 pillars that represent Zokia, Klatui, Sha- bona, and the one god. This structure re- lates to the Mayan temples, because the structures of the two buildings look very alike. The structure contains the forever- re in the middle which stands for the ame inside all of our hearts to rebuild and recreate our great civilization. Middle Ages After the Fall of Rome took place, the people of Europe did not have any protec- 24 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f tion from the Barbarians. There was no central government or defense to block out any invaders and people had to create their own kingdoms to protect them- selves. Western Europe had a need for or- der and protection. Charlemagne knew of this havoc, so he opened the gateway to the creation of Feudalism. The Roman Catholic Church saw this gateway and took it. Charlemagne and the Church com- bined together to recreate the government of Western Europe. The Pope was the all- seeing power in Feudalism. The Pope gave power to the Monarchs, who cre- ated kingdoms for their people. The Mon- archs gave the lords, the people who work alongside the king, large ef and a manor, which they could sell to other peasants and surfs for a rent. Most peo- ple think that the king has to most power in a civilization, but the Pope could kick out any king from their power any time the Pope wanted. The Pope was the real power in Feudalism. There were several different factors that lead to the fall of Feudalism. One of these factors was the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague was a disease that was carried on eas in the medieval times. The eas latched on to rats and gave them the disease, so now the rats were carrying the Bubonic Plague. The rats got into the houses of the rich and poor. Because the houses were so unsani- tary, the people didnt care that the rats 25 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f were biting them and didnt know that they were getting the disease. The disease killed many people in Europe. The Bu- bonic Plague was also known as the Black Death, because of the blackish pur- ple spots that you get when you have the illness. Other than the Bubonic Plague, there were many other things that lead to the fall of Feudalism. One of them is Magna Carta. Magna Carta was the agree- ment between the powers of the kings, no- bles, and the church. Magna Carta was meant to protect the rights of people, so that everybody will feel safe and not want to leave or rebel. With Magna Carta taking place, the church started to loose its power. Before Magna Carta took place, the peasants wanted a way to regain their rights. In the English Peasant war, the peasants fought for their rights. The Pope and Kings did not want this uprising to take place, so they created Magna Carta. These events were some of the many that lead to the fall of feudalism, and the rise of Renaissance. The Crusades had the greatest impact in preparing Europe to move from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlighten- ment. Besides the Bubonic Plague, the cru- sades have killed the most people. The Pope told the different kingdoms about going on the crusades and being able to remove all your sins plus being able to claim the land that they take. So many people wanted to escape Feudalism, so 26 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f they went on the crusades to take land. Most of the people, who went on the cru- sades, didnt get to the point where they could take land, but they died before they could get there. The crusades were meant to be an act to take back the Holly Land. Only the rst crusade was success- ful, because of the mass numbers and ele- ment of surprise, Crusader military histo- rian David Nicolle considers the armies to have consisted of about 30,000-35,000 crusaders, including 5,000 cavalry. (Har- old Wilson) All of the other crusades failed. The crusades didnt achieve the goal that they were planned to achieve, so most people who went on the crusades, never came back. As you can see, the cru- sades had the greatest impact in prepar- ing Europe to move from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment. 27 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. - John F. Kennedy CHAPTER 4 28 Power of Ideas Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f Humanisms Effect on Europe European society changed greatly, due to the new questions, ideas, and the new ways of thinking. Before a humanist mindset, the Roman Catholic Church ruled over the lands. The humanists started to question the Roman Catholic Church if they were learning the right things. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of these people that questioned the church. He wanted to learn about many different things that the church wasnt teaching them, so he studied sciences, art, literature, and mathematics. Besides Leonardo, there were many advances in all of these subjects. Painting and sculpting was on the verge of greatness. There was a huge demand throughout all of Europe and people started to pay artists to make wonderful paintings and sculptures. The sculptures started to be more lifelike, showing expressions on the face, and many more sculptures were nude, because of the interest in the human body. Along with sculptures, paintings contained all of these qualities too. Paintings started to be more 3D instead of 2D and made everybody the same size, including peasants and kings. Paintings and sculptures were not the only things that had huge advances, Literature, Science, and Mathematics. Mathematics and science had a huge break-though when people started to 29 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f question the laws and beliefs of the church. The Roman Catholic Church held back creativity and learning in Europe. They only let the people read certain things that would keep them from questioning the church and keeping them from creating ideas that may affect the church's power. Humanist Ideas in My Civilization The humanist mindset will change many things in my civilization. Our govern- ment system is one of those that was af- fected. Before a humanist mindset, my civilization was ruled by the king, me, and the group of elders. The humanist mindset will take the king and elders out of power and make everyone equal. Our belief system will not change that greatly. We already do not believe in a cer- tain god or religion, so people will be able to go off and believe in their own relig- ions. Our civilization has to start includ- ing arts, architecture, education and many more aspects into our civilization. Before a humanist mindset affected the world as we know it, we did not use arts and education in Balakia. Our architec- ture was faulty with the design and gen- eral structures. As stated in Frey 321, "Ar- chitects, for example, studied Greek and Roman ruins." To me, this means that they went back and looked at the build- ings that were made greatly and had ne work, thus letting them get ideas for recre- ating them in our civilization. For the lit- 30 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f tle education we had, the humanist mind- set made us increase the amount of educa- tion and let anyone study anything they wanted. Albert Einstein states, The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. To me, this quote means that without education, you cant learn and when you cant learn, then you cant create the great things in life. As you can see, Humanist mindsets were affecting many things throughout all of Europe. In conclusion, my whole civilization will change greatly, thanks to the humanist mindset. The Protestant Reformation There were many different questionable teachings and practices that set of the Hu- manists about the Catholic Church. Near the start of the questionable actions, the church started to sell Indulgences to the rich. Indulgences were a sort of free card that the rich would buy for a great about and it would relieve them from the bad sins that would be coming to them be- cause they did something bad. Another thing that set of the Humanists was Sim- ony. Simony is when the Catholic Church would sell out the ofces and spots of the church to rich payers. This is a big deal to- wards all of the former ofces that were there, but got taken away by the highest bidder. The Great Schism was another problem that lead to the fall of the church. The Great Schism was a corruption within the church. France wanted a Pope 31 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f of their own, so now there were two Popes. The Humanists started a thing called Reformation, which was the act to try to take down the Church. All of these people who protested against the church were called Protestants. The Protestants ideas and questions differed from the be- liefs and ideas of the Catholic Church, thus threatening the Churchs power. Mar- tin Luther was one of these Protestants that questioned the power of the Church. He didnt agree with the ideas of the church, so he wrote the Ninety-Five The- ses. These theses were meant to stop the churchs unfair laws and methods of mak- ing money. He posted these on the door of the Church. When the Catholic Church found out about Martin Luthers Theses and all of his followers, they needed away to deal with him in some way or an- other. The Church put him on the trial of worms and tried to convince him about heresy. The Church could not win the ar- gument against Martin Luther. As a Ger- man, Martin Luther was a role model for many other Germans. During the Peace of Augsburg war, everybody expected Martin to side with the peasants and poor, but he found this as a chance to break away from the church and create his own church that wouldnt use stupid Indulgences and Simony. A quote from Frey states, "Martin Luther translated the Bible into German." (Frey 353) Because Martin translated the now people could 32 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f read the bible, so everybody could know what the bible actually said. Leonardo da Vinci in Balakia Leonardo da Vinci, the great artist, painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer and architect. He was born on 1452 in a small village near Florence, Italy and died on 1519 in Am- boise, France. Leonardos ideas and achievements help advanced people be- liefs and ways of life in Europe. Even as a little boy he was interested in many things, All of Leonardos life, he studied many subjects, including art, music, math, anatomy, botany, architecture and engineering (Frey 344) One of his most interesting accomplishments was his mul- tiple notebooks, which were lled with knowledge and sketches for multiple dif- ferent inventions such as the rst machine gun and a parachute. He had many other great achievements including the well-known Mona Lisa and an idea for a ying machine. Leon- ardo often wrote in re- verse lettering, which was used to keep his ideas away from all of the people that may want to make money off of his ideas. 33 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f If Leonardo lived in my civilization, in the Renaissance period, he would bring great insight and ideas of how to make it better. He would give our civilization, which would now be a democracy thanks to the humanist mindset, great ideas and arts to our community. Leonardo would also bring many good ideas and inven- tions that would help the rest of our peo- ple to create and invent more, which will eventually lead to greatness. Leonardo would be one of our highest philoso- phers and teachers, who would get the unlimited funding for any thing that he needed to create more and better ideas. His use for sciences and literature would be a great thing to have in our civiliza- tion. He would be able to invent things, such as crop enhancers or special things that would be used to make farming and other everyday life things easier to do. Overall, Leonardo would be the best asset to have in our civilization and is one of the most interesting and one of the smart- est people in the Renaissance. 34 Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f CHAPTER 5 35 Bibliography And Images Noyes, Blake Friday, May 30, 2014 9:40:23 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:01:1f Bibliography Frey, Wendy. History Alive!: The Ancient World. Palo Alto, CA. Teachers Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print. Frey, Wendy. History Alive!: The Medieval World and Beyond. Palo Alto, CA. Teach- ers Curriculum Institute, 2011. 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