Mountania

Mountania
WHAT MAKES A CIVILIZATION SUCCESSFUL

Grace Scott
Scott, Grace Friday, May 30, 2014 11:49:16 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:b0:03:1f
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation
rather than upon mere survival.
-Aristotle
SECTION I
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Introduction
The small caves drip with icicles . The
treetops are covered with a dirty white
blanket of snow. The smell of pine trees
surrounds the land. The jagged moun-
tains sit in front of the village. Winter is
coming.The lake is starting to freeze, the
clear blue sky reects of the lake. The elk
on the hill bounce around looking for
food. The sun is falling behind the hills,
and the whole village knows that a wolf
in the distance will howl again in the
starry night
.farming wasnt easy in that moun-
tainous land. Even in the plains and val-
leys, the land was rocky and water was
scarce (Frey 249).
It is in this unfavorable geographic envi-
ronment that the civilization of Mounta-
nia will be founded. It is a civilization
whose design takes its inspiration from
the study of past civilizations such as the
Arabs, the Aztecs, the Greeks, the May-
ans, the Mesopotamians, and the Ro-
mans, among others. This book will docu-
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ment the necessary steps to take in order
to create a successful civilization.
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A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it
is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
-George William Curtis
SECTION II
4
Analysis of the Problem
To have a successful empire would be
having a good supply of food and water
Due to its location,
the major challenges
of civilization of
Mountania are nd-
ing food and water.
1. In the snowy
mountains its hard
to farm because of
the weather condi-
tions. We have to
hunt animals, but because of the weather
the animals hibernate. But we would
have live stock to keep us alive.
2. And for a water
source there is a river
but it could be fro-
zen, and we could
capture snow and
melt it by re. But
we would never
know if the water is
clean or dirty. But
there might be a
stream in the forest.
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This shows my terrace farming that I use to farm in the snowy moun-
tains
Gallery 2.1 Terrace Farming, Farming, live stock, Bathhouse, and
Irrigation system
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In order for a civilization to prosper, it must be able to modify the geographic area
around it in order to meet the basic needs of supplying its inhabitants with food and
water. One type of modication that I would make to the environment
SECTION III
7
Proposed Solutions
water cannel close to our village so we
dont have to waste half of our time walk
to get water and so farming crops wont
be as hard. To have crops that could sur-
vive in cold harsh weather, and we would
have to have people who are willing to go
and care for our crops every day. We
would also have animals like sheep, cow,
pigs, and chickens in a barn or a storage
place so they dont freeze to death out in
the cooled weather, and from these ani-
mals we would get wool (sheep), meat
(cow/pig) and eggs (chickens) .farm-
ing wasnt easy in that mountainous land.
Even in the plains and valleys, the land
was rocky and water was scarce (Frey
249) In order for a civilization to prosper,
it must be able to modify the geographic
area around it.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
-Abraham Lincoln
CHAPTER 2
9
Law & Government
Sparta made the Council of Elders,
which had 2 kings and 28 other men
older than the age of 60. Then there
where people that had
28 and served a few
years in the military
they where Spartan
citizens. And they
where very smart
when the Oligarchy
was made, An Oligar-
chy is when a group of
people have power, and they all share the
power.
Oligarchy was made, An Oligarchy is
when a group of people have power, and
they all share the power.
If you where over the age of 18 and
where born and raised in Athens then
you where a citizen of Athens and you
where not a woman and a slave. The
Council of 500 is when all citizens over
the age of 30, and run a day-to-day busi-
ness and suggest new laws, which were
debated and approved by the Assembly
which is consisted of 6,000 citizens.
The Roman Government to me was not
fair at all. The Patricians where the high
class, wealthy land owners, and they
ruled the government while the Plebe-
ians (the poor people) were picking
crops and serving the patricians. The Pa-
tricians had a government called the Sen-
ate this is when a group of 300 men
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wealthy partisans that where elected for
life. The Senate controlled the Consuls,
which has shared command of the army.
The Romans also had two Etruscan
Kings and patricians had a group called
Council of Elders that made the laws.
Then the plebeians became mad and they
wanted power. So the plebeians attacked
the partisans awed because of the plebe-
ians overthrowing the city. And the de-
manded to have equal rights for voting
and so the Twelve Tables, which had ple-
beians, and patricians had equal rights.
Code of Laws
My laws are not as harsh as Hammu-
rabis code of laws. My strongest punish-
ment for the people in my civilization is
putting them in jail, and being whipped
in the town square. I use these punish-
ments because my people will learn to be
good people instead of becoming a dicta-
tor. Harsh laws are good for a civilization
because you dont want you civilization
to crumble in your own hands. So citizens
feel safe I can help them out. One of my
laws is if you want to be apart of the gov-
ernment you need to be a citizen and you
have to serve 5 years in the military, this
law is good because I can trust my citi-
zens and when they are in the govern-
ment it might help. My second law is to
have a trading business you need to have
a permit, if not you will be whipped 10
times and have to go to court. This is a
good law because if one if my citizens is
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trading things that should not be traded
then it is good that my people know that
they are going to be safe when they are
trading. My third and nal law is that if
you beat a child you will be put in jail for
4 years and be whipped in town square 8
times I think my people will respect this
law because you dont want a child to
have a bad childhood because then they
will do it to their children and pass it on,
all I want for my civilization is to have
peace in the land and no war.
Laws
I. Women can vote only if they where
born and raised: if not born and raised
that woman will be kicked out of the
city/town.
II. If you steal an object from a person
that you know and they caught you will
return the object and be put in jail for 2
years
III. If you beat children you will be put in
jail for 4 years and be whipped in town
square 8 times.
IV. A ill person that is about to die may
have one wish before they pass
V. If you steal food for a market or a
house you will be whipped 15 times in
the center of town and be in jail for 2
years
VI.If you have a job and you want a new
one you can trade with a different man/
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woman that has a job you like, but they
have to want to trade.
VII.Woman have the right to vote only if
they were born in the city.
VIII.If you want to be in the government
you have to sever 5 years in the mili-
tary.
IX.To have a trading business you need to
have a permit, if not you will be
whipped 10 times and have to go to
court.
X.No ghting is aloud. Useless you are at
war.
XI. Men can chose to serve in the govern-
ment for 8 years
XII. Children have to be in school for 15
years then if you are a male citizen you
have to go to the military and work
there for 5 years.
XII. Every man must go to a assembly
meeting if they are a citizen, but if
they dont show up for a good reason
they will not be a citizen anymore.
XIII. Men must serve about 6 years in the
military after they graduate from
school.
XIV. Everybody must pay taxes and if
they dont they have to pay 2 times
more and quit their job, all taxes go
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to government for safekeeping until
something very bad has happened
XV. please be kind to others and respect
them too.
XVI. Slaves must have an owner in less
than 15 days or they are free for 2
years, then it will start again.
The Decline of The Western Roman Em-
pire
I think military spending is the biggest
problem that leads to the decline of Rome
by spending to much money on the sol-
diers and weapons. The soldiers because
we have to pay them for their contribute
to the army and helping out. Weapons be-
cause the army wants to be upgraded
probably every time they go to war with
another army they want to win with new
This is my hanging gardens
Gallery 4.1
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weapons and advanced technology The
king took probably took extra taxes to
pay for the extra weapons and extra sol-
diers in the army and then the whole
army and Rome would win all the wars
they went into. Same with war ships they
would have to be repaired every time
they get wrecked in war and the boat
men would have to be paid for their job
and for the materials they use for the
ships. I think that the king was the one
that made all the money and used it to
survive on the army and everything else
involved with the military, instead of
watching everything like crime and peo-
ple losing their jobs. So in my conclusion
I think the military was one of the worst
things that lead to the decline of Rome
and the fall of the people.
I would make sure that the military does
not take to much money out of the
budget, but I might not even need an
army because of the protection of the
mountains, But if I do have an army I will
make sure they protect my people and do
not take too much money out of the em-
pires budget. I will make weapons in-
stead, and make the army make boat, and
upgraded weapons. I will make allies
with other empires to make a bigger em-
pire. I want my empire to be safe and I
dont want them to be a unsecured em-
pire that my follow the decline of Rome. I
will make an army that is responsible,
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strong, and that knows how to ght, like
Sparta, which did not pay their army to
ght they fought for Sparta. I want this to
happen to my army for them to nd out it
is not about the money it is about helping
out the empire, and ghting for the peo-
ple and saving their lives, I dont an army
that lags around and does nothing if this
wrecks my empire so be it. I believe that
an army should do this because they are
not going to get money out of the empires
budget they should always know that
they are ghting for the people and the
empire.
Political Leadership of Julius Caesar
For the life and death we can learn from
Julius Caesar. My leader should relize
that he can be dictator for about 10 years
and now to go over the top or cross the
line. Caesar did not remain in power
long enough to complete his reforms. The
aristocrats of Rome and many Senators
feared that if Caesar's power continued,
the republican government would never
be restored and Caesar would hand
down his leadership to an heir. Thus,
Sixty Senators plotted to kill him. He was
warned of the conspiracy, but Caesar
chose to ignore it. On March 15, 44 B.C.E.,
the assassins struck. (Frey...) I see that if
my leader can chose to follow the rules
and try not to over power the people in
the senate. So I hope my leader can look
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at Julius Caesars life and death and learn
from it.
Political Leadership of Augustus Caesar

I think Augustus Caesar was a bad leader,
because his does not let people have a nor-
mal life. He did not lets people chose who
they wanted to marry and it was terrible
that he made every person who was not
married get land passed on for there fam-
ilys and he made them pay extra taxes.
And he would not let plays be enjoyable.
I think Augustus Caesar was a bad ruler
because he did all the cruel things and
not letting people enjoy culture. I think
that Augustus was a terrible ruler and
that he should not have done the awful
things to the people that worshiped him
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world,
beyond the horizon.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
CHAPTER 5
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System of Belief
Well if a civilization has a belief system
then they have something to thank that
they think made them alive and thrive to
have food and water. I also think that civi-
lizations have to have a belief system to
have a boring life and then they would
do what the wanted and when the
wanted. The civilization would be a pit,
and people would destroy and die, but
with a system we can come together. It
would be a peaceful civilization, if they
created a belief system. The people could
have a peaceful life and they could do
something else instead of doing the same
thing over and over again life would be
boring, but we have a belief system and
maybe some of these belief systems are
helpful.
Moral Dilemma
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
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.
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Hinduism
If Joe were Hindu, he would give the
money to his father because he would
want to have a better life in his next life,
but his father who asked for the money
would have a bad next life because he did
not follow the rules of Karma. Karma is
when after a person dies then it depends
on its soul if he or she has had a good life
or a bad life. Then if they had a good life,
their soul would have a better life; but
ifas an example you were to rude to peo-
ple, stole money, and take food, then your
soul would go into a lower class, if you
where a Guard you would become a poor
person, then maybe you would end up as
a bug even. If people lived well, they
might be born into a higher class in their
next life. If they lived badly, they could ex-
pect to be reborn into a lower class. They
might even be reborn as animal.(Frey
149) Joes dad would have a bad Karma
by taking Joes money, but if Joe was prac-
ticing Dharma he would give the money
to his dad but the dad would not let Joe
give him the money because of his prom-
ise and he has to follow his duty by
Dharma.
Buddhism
If Joe were Buddhist he would give the
money to his father because he would fol-
low the Eightfold Path. He would follow
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the rule live a life of selessness. His fa-
ther would not be following the Eightfold
path, and his father lied to him about him
going to camp so his father would have
broken two of the Eightfold paths rules,
The Buddha could have selshly es-
caped into enlightenment. Instead he
chose to teach others the path that he had
found. In time, his followers spread his
teachings throughout India and others
parts of Asia (Frey 159). The Buddha al-
ways followed the middle way and Joe
And His father should go the middle way
by Joe not going to camp, and Joes father
would not go on his shing trip.
Confucianism
If Joe were Confucius he would give the
money to his father, because one of the
rule of Confucianism is to respect the eld-
ers, there forth Joe should give the money
to his father. Because of this relationship
between father and son should be tight so
the son would give the money, and forget
about what happened between them, but
the father has to be kind, honest, and
wise there forth, Joes father would not
take the money, and live up to his prom-
ise to letting Joe to camp that he saved up
for. According to Confucianism, there
are ve basic relationships: ruler and sub-
ject, husband and wife, father and son,
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older sibling and young sibling, and
friend and friend. (Frey 208).
In conclusion people should follow a relig-
ion because then everybody would be out
of control and. Buddhism, Confucianism,
and Hinduism and other religions have
all taught us something that we have to re-
spect each other, and having moral judg-
ment. Buddhism taught us to follow the
Eightfold path, Hinduism taught us that
we should be kind to each other or we
would have a different life, in the next
life, Confucianism taught us that we need
to respect the elders and the ones above
us, in my conclusion we need a religion
in a civilization, to learn moral judg-
ments.
Mountaina Sacred Spaces

In my civilization Mountaina, one of our
sacred spaces or the Meditating moun-
tain, you hike up some stairs and you go
through the sacred gate and drink from
the sacred water from the pool and then
you are blessed and you may meditate on
top of the mountain and you can hear the
rush of the waterfall when you are on the
top of this mountain you should follow
one of or rules that is Kenina. Another sa-
cred space is the cave. This cave is hidden
behind a waterfall and has many torches
that have been burning for ages and an-
other place that you can meditate the rule
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you should follow when you are here is
Shuna. Shuna means that to be kind to
yourself as you are to your neighbors. My
last sacred space is the three sacred pool
with a sand garden another place you
meditate and respect one of my belief sys-
tems Geroaniem, this means the golden
rule.
The Rise of Feudalism and the Church
The fall of Rome did lead to the threat of
the barbarians because Rome owned a
huge part of Europe and when the Pope
and the church and Charlemagne teamed
up and the pope made some people king,
and they had nobles, knights and peas-
ants, and with this feudalism was
formed.
Feudalism provided people with protec-
tion and safety by making a social pyra-
This is on top of a mountain and you have to pass through the gate way
and then go to the pool of water have a small cup of the water, then you
can meditate and listen to the sound of the waterfall.
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mid that went Kings, to Nobles, to
knights, and to peasants, and serfs. And
so when Rome fell Charlemagne and the
Catholic Church started to rule and they
where very powerful, and then Charle-
magne died and the Pope and the Catho-
lic Church, had to protect the Kingdom so
they made up Feudalism, and they made
deals with Nobles saying we will give
you land for knights to protect the king-
dom from barbarians such as Vikings and
Visigoths, the deal was made and thats
how feudalism was made.
Decline to Feudalism
The major events did lead to the fall of
feudalism because the cause of the black
death where the eas that killed half of
china and the victims of the black death
had black and blue blotches on skin, and
people started to died in Europe as the
eas started to migrate. The Hundred
year war is what also lead to the fall be-
cause of when the French and England
went to war and people were probably
still thing about what the Magna Carta.
From Feudalism to Humanism
I believe that the impact of the catholic
church is what had the most impact on
feudalism. The catholic had the most
power and that much power could over
throw the king, and they had lots of
power because they could excommuni-
cate the villager or anyone that did some-
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thing bad to the church and even the king
could get excommunicated, and the
church could get land and money and the
church could expand, the church also had
control over education, they could have
even more control when the pope talked
to god. This was the Age of Enlighten-
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CHAPTER 6
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Bibiography & Images
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on
-John F. Kennedy
CHAPTER 7
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Power of Ideas
The Impact on Europe
Europes society changed in many differ-
ent ways, advancing in science and mathe-
matics, literature, and in the ways of art
such as sculptures, and painting. "Renais-
sance in French means "rebirth."(Frey 315)
Science changed by learning about the
anatomy of the human race, mapping
from a birds eye view, and circulation. Lit-
erature had much more emotion, and ex-
periences of individuals instead of-
religion. Art advanced in also more de-
tail, and made them more lifelike, with
painting they have added more shadows,
and also much more detail and include
everyone in the picture and made them
look the same. Back to the old days when
humanist where under control, every-
thing like related to art was a certain size
of who was more important, and people
didnt look life like, and same with sculp-
tures, along with the art, and sculptures
everything from the middle ages became
less involved with the church. Most edu-
cation in the middles ages was forced and
under the control of the church instead of
a government.
Humanism would change my civilization
because my art would be shown with
more passion, such as the building will be
more complex, or more detailed, sculp-
tures will be more realistic and alive,
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painting will also be real and more detail
on what where doing and everyone in the
painting will be important. Science will
have more interest in the planets, the ani-
mal anatomy, along with the human anat-
omy. Humanist need discover the new
things, and also new ways to doing them.
Penny, dime and nickels should stay in
the pockets of the ones that earned the
money. The church does not need to have
more money along with power the people
in the church should know not to be
greedy. People in my civilization should
be interested in the real facts not the facts
that are lies. The middle ages are gone we
should all know that this is a new era, a
rebirth of a civilization. In my civilization
Mountania my people all respect God but
since the new age has given them a new
start, so they should know that if they
want to be with the church they can be
with the church, but everyone saw that
the church wanted power and money,
they wanted to overthrow the people that
disrespected the church and god, they
wanted to have more power to overthrow
the king. Then once the humanist came
and discovered the real ways in things,
books, maps, art, science, math, and litera-
ture changed everything. "Yet in other
way the book shows the inuence of hu-
manist ideas." (Frey 330)
Impact of Our Civilization
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Humanism would change my civilization
because my art would be shown with
more passion, such as the building will be
more complex, or more detailed, sculp-
tures will be more realistic and alive,
painting will also be real and more detail
on what where doing and everyone in the
painting will be important. Science will
have more interest in the planets, the ani-
mal anatomy, along with the human anat-
omy. Humanist need discover the new
things, and also new ways to doing them.
Penny, dime and nickels should stay in
the pockets of the ones that earned the
money. The church does not need to have
more money along with power the people
in the church should know not to be
greedy. People in my civilization should
be interested in the real facts not the facts
that are lies. The middle ages are gone we
should all know that this is a new era, a
rebirth of a civilization.
The Protestant Reformation
There are many the questionable teach-
ings and practices of the Catholic Church
that caused people to think the church
was corrupt. The Church had so much
power, and with that power they could
let people have get out of jail pass to
get out from something bad that the
church did not like, and if someone had
lots of money they could buy on of those
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passes the church would just look pass
what the did and carry on. Another way
the church was corrupts seniti, seniti is
when the church would let rich people
that could purchase a high place at the
church; the church would even let people
with not experience come in and get a
high position at the church. How did the
ideas and questions of reformers such as
Martin Luther differ from the traditional
beliefs of the Catholic Church and
threaten its power. Heresy was the act of
speaking out against
How did the ideas and questions of re-
formers such as Martin Luther differ from
the traditional beliefs of the Catholic
Church and threaten its power. Heresy
was the act of speaking out against the
church, and claiming that the beliefs and
practices that individuals were forced to
do, were in fact corrupt or not Christian
at all. John Wycliffe was an English
scholar who believed that the Bible
needed to be translated in English so the
people that where Christian of not they
could all see that the church was lying to
their faces. The church didnt like the idea
of the Bible being translated into English
because then everyone would be able to
read the Bible and understand.
What strategy did the Catholic Church
use to deal with Martin Luther?
Martin Luther was a German scholar and
religious gure who was fed up with the
catholic church and its many forms of cor-
ruption. Luthers Studies of the Bible led
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him to a different answer. No one, he be-
lieved, could earn salvation. Instead, sal-
vation was a gift from God that people re-
ceived in faith. People, he said, were
saved by their faith not good works.
(Frey 352) He became irate when the
pope sent out hundreds of Bishops to sell
indulgences in order to fund the construc-
tion of St. Peters Cathedral.
Famous Renaissance
Hello I'm Queen Isabella of Castile. A
quote that I said was, The distance is
great from the rm belief to the realiza-
tion from concrete experience. I support-
ing and helped pay Chris-
topher Columbus' for his
1492 voyage that led to the
opening of the "New
World". When I supported
Christopher Columbus that
brought new advance-
ments, and ideas back to our country, and
with the new benets, I rose with more
power when he came back and told me
what he had seen and what he had found.
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