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Morocco
WHAT MAKES A CIVILIZATION SUCCESSFUL

Damien Moreno
Moreno, Damien Friday, June 6, 2014 10:20:53 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:d9:f3
Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is
about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.
- Jamais Cascio
SECTION I
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Introduction
The mountainous freezing climate is very
snowy and hard to survive in. Snow sur-
rounds everything in the sight like trees
and hills. Its so cold that the inside of my
body slowly functioning because of the
weather. And in all of the frozen water
ranges, the horizon has faded to clear
white with its little shades of blue. The
trees are scattered all across the land, leav-
ing little shelter for the oncoming snow-
storms. And a lot of the trees are departed
leaving a very little amount of sturdy
strong trees that can hardly give the peo-
ple of the Morocco tribe hardly enough
wood for shelters and storages. Apon the
civilization of Morocco let a successful
civilization live and last for as long as
they can modify the land and use it to
there advantage and the Arabs did.
It is in this unfavorable geographic en-
vironment that the civilization of Mo-
rocco 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-
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mans, among others. This book will docu-
ment the necessary steps to take in order
to create a successful civilization.
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"Land, then, is not merely soil; it is a fountain of energy owing through a circuit of soils,
plans, and animals."
- Ibid
SECTION II
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Analysis of the Problem
The rst step to building a successful civi-
lization is to have a basic supply of food, wa-
ter, and a steady shelter. Due to the geogra-
phy, the major challenges the civilization of
Morocco faces in triumphing a basic food and
water supply that include the following:
The Snowy hills, is a very challenging
placing to build a civilization in because
rstly there is a very limited amount of food.
In addition, the snowy hills, doesnt provide
a vast amount of at land with rich soil for
farming. Which would cost your civilization
to have a very difcult time nding a large
amount of at land that will allow you to be
exible and farm in the snow. And since there
is not much at land for farming means that
there will not be that much food produced to
feed your people, which means your civiliza-
tion will not survive if you cant nd food
fast, which will be very hard to do in the
snow.
Another challenge Morocco faces by liv-
ing in the snowy hills, is nding a stable
clean water supply, which means that you
would have to nd some or make the water
you have now, clean. If you dont have a vast
amount of water that is clean your civiliza-
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tion will face many consequences. With the
cold weather of the snow you need water to
grow crops, especially when there is a harsh
amount of food supply when you need to
grow crops. If you want your civilization to
be successful you need to nd a way to lead
you to get water for your civilizations
growth. If we use the water from the snow it
could get people very sick. And when you
get your people sick your civilization will
take a big downfall. By this time your civiliza-
tion experiment will be awed and know one
will want to live in your civilization. In this
case where water surrounds us in many ways
we that we can not use, because it can cause
some people really sick and even hurt your
crops because they arent getting the right
amount of molecules of water they need. And
if you hurt your crops in the snow it can
really hurt your civilizations food supply be-
cause when you are in the mountains you
rely on your crops for a stable amount of
food supply.
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Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions
so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
- Paul Hawken
SECTION II
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Proposed Solutions
For a civilization to be successful, it has to
have the ability to modify the land
around it to t the needs of inhabitants
with food and water. Some examples to
modify the environment are to physically
dig up some land to form some areas of
at land so we could build shelters and
plant crops, such as melons that can sur-
vive in cold temperatures we could build
shelters and plant crops, such as melons
that can survive in cold temperatures.
Which are some plants commonly
planted by the people of the civilization
of the Arabian mountains. We can do this
by getting rid of some of the hefty
amount of trees that are in the landscape.
The people of Morocco can also build
food shortages in the hills. Frey 34. The
people of Morocco, a civilization that
cant use its environment to its advantage
will not ourish and will struggle to
adapt or survive. If we use the land to our
advantage we will drill inside of the fro-
zen water to produce the people of Mo-
roccos a clean supply of water. To pro-
duce food, the people of Morocco have de-
cided to dig and plant melons, which can
survive in extremely cold weathers. One
of the most challenging challenges that
the Morocco civilization faces is to nd
enough food to nurse our growing popu-
lation.
In order for the people of the Morocco
civilization to be successful in nding a
staple clean water supply we have de-
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cided to clean the water we have. You
when in the wild people usually decide
on cleaning their water by using the
wood we have all around them, and creat-
ing a re. By adding this adaptation peo-
ple take away wood for re and shelter
and dont recognize that that they are
hurting their civilization chance of
growth. In this case people think this is a
good idea because they think that they
dont have move far to nd a water sup-
ply, the water will also will be warm to
give away some of our chills. And when
you live in the mountains and sur-
rounded by water it is hard to deny it be-
cause you need water. So with the water
we have takes too long to process clean
water so in tis case the people of Morocco
have to use the riverbanks and create irri-
gation systems. When your civilizations
water is clean it can give you a lot of
ways to use your land to your advantage,
which keeps a civilization to last and
thrive.
Farming was not easy in the where the
(Mayans) lived, and my civilization will
face the same challenge especially with
the snowy hill outcropping of Morocco.
(Frey 268).
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Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted
with their own government.
- Thomas Jefferson
SECTION III
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Law & Government
Lessons on Democracy:
One lesson we could learn about de-
mocracy is that it allows the majority to
rule and not the elite few of rich people.
One City-state that did that was Athens
by being a Direct Democracy. In a Direct
Democracy every citizen could vote. But
in Athens to be considered a citizen you
had to be at least 18 years old, not women
or slave just to be a part of the govern-
ment. If you were allowed to participate
in the government works in Athens you
were considered a citizen. While the peo-
ple of Athens were debating and talking
there was a Council of 500 making the
laws. To take a part in the Council of 500
you had to be a citizen over the age of 30.
In the Council people ran a day-to-day
business that suggested new laws. When
the Council was done suggesting laws
they were passed on to the Assembly
(consisted over 6,000 Athenian citizens),
so they could be debated and approved.
One of Athens rivals, Sparta, also had
a successful government. Sparta was an
oligarchy or you can say a duel monar-
chy. To be in the Spartan government
you had to be over the age of 60 and from
a noble family that served life terms. The
people you made the laws for the govern-
ment was the Council of Elders, which
contained two kings who shared equal
power along with 28 other men over the
age of 60 who didnt have a much power.
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The members of the Council of Elders
also all had to serve in war. The laws that
were made by the council of elders were
then passed on to the assembly to vote
on. The Assembly had little power and
could on shout yes or no because their
was no debate.
While Sparta and Athens were run-
ning their government the great Rome
was ruling theirs. Romes government
was very different because it was split up
through two citizens. While the govern-
ment was split between patricians and
plebeians, the government changed over
the years. The rst Rome government
only Patricians could be apart of the gov-
ernment. The government then was set
up in three ways. There was a Senate,
which was a group of 300 men. The sen-
ate also appointed ofcials and served as
judges. There was also Consuls, which
shared the command of the army. The sen-
ates decisions were treated as laws, and
those laws were not written down, so the
Patricians often changed and interrupted
the laws to benet themselves. As the
years went on the government constantly
changed and around the year 451 B.C.E
the Plebeians were allowed to participate
in the government along with the Patri-
cians. While the Plebeians now had the
power they wished for the government
set-up was also changed. There was still a
senate, but the Tribunes of Plebs along
with the Council of Plebs was added.
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The Tribunes of Plebs were a couple of-
cials elected by Plebeians to speak for
their rights in the Senate. While the Trib-
une of Plebs was ghting in the Senate
the Council of Plebs made the laws for
the Plebeians. About 100 years later the
Roman government had mostly staid the
same besides the fact that they added the
Twelve Tables. The Twelve Tables were
the rst laws in Rome to ever be written
down. This was because it was unfair to
the Plebeians because the Patricians could
just make up laws while the Plebeians
didnt know. Later while the Plebeians
still felt like they didnt have enough
power they left, then later came back
when Romes government gave them
what they had always wished for. The Ple-
beians nally gained the right to pass
laws for the roman government. Then the
Plebeian assemblies nominated consuls,
tribunes, and the members of the senate
to determine laws
Code of Laws:
Hammurabis code was one of the ear-
liest codes that were ever written down.
His code was very well preserved in the
Babylonian civilization around the time
of 1,700 B.C.E. and helped his civilization
in many different ways. Hammurabis
code of laws was very strict and mostly
based on an eye for an eye law. For exam-
ple if a child was to strike their father
than their hand shall be chopped off. And
since his civilization was very quiet un-
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der his ruling because of his laws, the civi-
lization of Morocco decided to take Ham-
murabis way and take serious punish-
ments for your mistakes. Just like Ham-
murabi the civilization of Morocco is
more of an eye for an eye more than exile
from the civilization. The Civilization of
Moroccos laws are also somewhat like
the Twelve Tables in Rome because we
give people a chance in law and order if
you make crime that doesnt involve mur-
der.
The three most effective laws that will
help the civilization of Morocco are the
following. The most effective law that the
Morocco civilization has forced into the
code of laws is that every man shall be
treated equally. This law will bring equal
power throughout the civilization and
limit the number of crimes that take
place. If everyone has the same amount of
power, money, and food know one
should be ranked higher than any other
citizen. The second most effective law
that the civilization of Morocco enforced
in the code of laws was an eye for an eye.
This law helps limit the robbery and mur-
der type of crimes that go around the civi-
lization. This is because of someone kills
someone they will be killed or if someone
beats someone they will be beaten. With
this law enforced people wont live in
fear but they know that there is going to
be something taken away from them if
they take something away from someone
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else. The third and nal most powerful
law that the civilization of Morocco en-
forced was that every citizen must have a
job by the age of 15. This law helps a civili-
zation because the government isnt just
keep on paying everyone in the civiliza-
tion. This law also saves the government
in the terms of money. Families will make
their money and take care of their fam-
ilys goods and foods when they have
someone working to make money.
It is written that all people shall follow
these laws:
I. Younger people should not strike an
older person: They shall have their hand
broken
II. No man shall beat someone weaker
than him: They will be beaten by getting
whipped 5 times while they are hanging
by their hands and feet
III. An eye for an eye: Whatever you take
away someone you shall have taken away
from you
IV. No one can steal from his or her oth-
ers: They would put in prison for 2 years
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V. Elders shall be treated with respect
both physically and verbally: Your tongue
shall be cut off
VI. Murder will not be permitted: Exile to
the forest will take place
VII. If someone is thought of committing
suicide they will be put in the war for the
rest of their life.
VIII: Each family could only have 4 chil-
dren in their family and If they have more
the extra children will be exiled.
IX: Each child must attend school until
the age of 18
X: If a person was found giving false state-
ments in court they will be exiled
XI: If a person doesnt pay their taxes,
their taxes will be doubled for a year
XII: Every citizen is created equal and is
paid for the basic needs to feed their fam-
ily provide a shelter for their family and
something clean to drink for their family
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XIII: If there is a person who runs away
from the village they shall never come
back
XIV: No citizen must be out past the time
of 10:00: If someone is out past that time
they will warned and the second time
they will be held in a holding sell until
the family pays the bail of 1, 000
XV: Every citizen must have a job by the
age of 15 to support their family: If they
do not have a job they will not have the
opportunity to help their family or urn
money
XVI: A parent shall not hit their child
with force in public or they will have
their hand cut off.
Political Leadership of Julius Caesar:
There are many lessons that we could
learn from the mistakes that Julius Ceasar
made which many believe lead to his
death. Julius didnt just make bad deci-
sions; he helped the Roman civilization
under his rule. Ceasar showed love and
empathy for the Roman civilization
Ceasar made jobs for thousands of ro-
mans by making projects to make new
roads and public buildings. But on the
other hand Julius didnt give the respect
to the people who were wealthy and par-
ticipated in the senate. Even though
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Ceasar got murdered because of the re-
spect that he didnt give to the people
who participated in the senate, he was
still a great ruler. Julius Ceasar intro-
duced economic and social reforms to
the citizens of Rome. In Conclusion
Ceasar gave Rome all he had to succeed
but got murdered because he didnt give
the respect to the Senators that they de-
served.
Political Leadership of Augustus Caesar:
Augustus learned a lot from Julius
Caesars rule under both of his good and
bad decisions. Even though that Augus-
tus practically made Roman citizens
make families so they can be benetted
with jobs and money. On the other hand
Augustus tried his hardest to make Rome
an empire and he later got to show it by
making sure that He made sure the cities
water system was repaired and two new
water channels, or aqueducts, were con-
structed (Frey). Augusts also built
Romes rst library along with the pan-
theon so he can acknowledge his sympa-
thy for Rome by providing education
along with structure the gods of Rome. In
conclusion Augusts Caesar was a great
ruler for Rome and made the Roman civi-
lization thrive with the things that he
learned from Julius Caesar.
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The Decline of Western Rome:
The main reason for the fall of Rome
was Political Corruption. In Rome, the
Praetorian Guard held almost all of the
power to choose a new roman emperor,
and most of the time handed the throne
to the man with the highest bid. This can
affect the society because a patrician can-
not be ready to take the throne and help
Rome as an Empire. There were many
ways Political Corruption could have
been prevented in the ancient Rome years
if they had a stable government. The rea-
son for the Political Corruption that took
place in ancient Rome was because of the
governments decisions. If you do not
have a stable government that holds your
civilization then your empire will come to
a quick fall. The decline of Rome states,
During the next 100 years, their were 37
different emperors 25 who whom were
removed from the ofce by assassination
(Frey). When you have someone you trust
in to take care of your people so they can
have trust in your decisions along with
the actions you show. If these were the ac-
tual causes of Romes collapse we have
learned something from their mistakes.
This shows that America it self can learn
from the mistakes that people made in an-
cient history.
My civilization can learn from the Po-
litical Corruption that ook place in Rome
because it shows you how important a
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government can be to a empire. One of
the ways we are going to prevent this is
by making sure that everyone in the gov-
ernment is full of people who are gradu-
ates and know what to do in political
situations. Our civilization will also have
the citizens vote on which they want to
rule the civilization. This can be an advan-
tage in many ways because if the people
of the civilization vote on who they want
to rule the majority of the people will
make the decision on which man will be
best. Plus if the people vote on who they
want they will most likely be happy on
who they voted on so it will lower the
amount of rulers over the span of time be-
cause there will be a ruler that the people
are happy with. The reason for this deci-
sion is because if the government
(wealthy men) it doesnt t the votes of
what the people want and just on what
the wealthy want. This is one of the rea-
sons that many believe that led to Rome's
fall, just because they had a vote that
didnt account for all of the citizens so the
rulers kept on getting murdered. In con-
clusion if you dont have the majority of
the people vote on the ruler, then the
ruler may not be that great or the people
may not like him which leads to death,
which we saw in Ancient Romes down-
fall.

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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
SECTION IV
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Belief system
There are many reasons that a civilization
has belief system but if you look back in
history they all had different beliefs.
Every civilization has had a belief system
that teaches people moral values, which
keeps the question in the minds of why
people keep on coming back to it. If you
have a chance to ever think about the peo-
ple who dont follow the law, and then
transition the thought into a whole place
with those types of people because they
didnt know what a belief system was.
One of those reasons is hope; if the peo-
ple look towards a god or a leader to fol-
low then they would have hope. In many
different civilization hope was one of the
most important of many different ways to
keep a civilization together. Some other
ways have had occurred and some had
fell and thrived. For example the Egyp-
tians had a belief in a sun god, even
though it wasnt the greatest idea it kept
the civilization together. It kept it to-
gether because it kept the people thinking
about what would happen if they dont
believe. And everyone always ask wasnt
their some people who were nihilist and
the answer is yes. Those people wouldnt
have any punishments those people
wouldnt believe in right or wrong but
the one thing they would believe is in
their decisions. If you have a belief sys-
tem it keeps people away from thinking
about the unknown. It also gets people to
listen get an idea of the laws so they are
afraid of punishment.
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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:
If Roger smith were Hindu, the out-
come of karma would lead him to the
way of saving the boy, for the result of his
afterlife. Hinduism is a belief system
where the two major moral values are
karma and dharma. "Dharma is ones
duty" on their personal lifestyle, while
"Karma is ones good" and bad which re-
sults in ones afterlife. In the result of bad
decisions in your life, Hindus believe
that one shall be reincarnated into a lower
class level, while if one makes good deci-
sions they believe that they shall be rein-
carnated either in the same or even a
higher class classication. So if Roger
Smith were Hindu the moral results
would lead him back to the main think-
ing of Hinduism, which is stated in Frey
on page 149, Souls were rewarded or
punished for the good and evil they have
done. Either way, Roger Smith would
save the boy even if he were an untouch-
able because the thought that everyone
should be treated equally is in affect. In
conclusion, Roger Smith should do the
best thing and do his karma so he would
live a better life, the outcome of saving
the boy would take place.
If Roger Smith were Confucianist, his
actions would lead the boy to the moral
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value of everyone one should respect all
elders. Confucianism is a system of belief
where people are respected for their
knowledge... teachings of respect. If the
outcome of the belief, treating all of your
elders with respect, then the logical rea-
soning would lead the boy to leaving his
life for Roger Smith's. While on the other
hand, if the common value of, Do not do
to others what you would not want done
to you (Frey 208), were in effect then the
outcome of Roger Smiths decision would
take a U-turn. However what if both of
the teachings were in effect, what would
be the outcome, and how would it affect
Roger Smith? However, since the belief of
Confucianism is a teaching of respect the
thoughts on the result can go either way.
Non-like Hinduism, Confucianism,
doesnt have a belief for either a higher or
lower cast system for a persons afterlife.
So in this case the teachings of Confucian-
ism would take Roger Smith back to the
thought of saving the boy because one of
the moral values is, do not do to others
what you dont want done to you. In con-
clusion, if all of thoughts on Confucian-
ism were to take place, then Roger
Smiths actions are taking him the other
way, so he would not be making the right
decision in many different scenarios.
If Roger Smith were Buddhist, then
his actions would lead him to the exact
opposite of what Buddhists are suppose
to do. His actions would lead the boy to
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suffer, and as a Buddhist, suffering is one
of the two aspects of life to keep away
from and prevent. Buddhism is the belief
system where people follow the Four No-
ble Truths. Even though the Buddha had
a very luxurious life ahead of him, he saw
the suffering that went on in the world.
So to help those causes from accruing, he
came up with an idea of the middle way.
While the Buddhas thoughts could have
led his life on a different path, He chose
to teach others the path that he had
found (Frey 159). So if Roger Smith were
to leave the boy there, then the outcome
of suffering would take place. As a Bud-
dhist, Roger Smith would need to build
an understanding of the Four Noble
Truths to even be able to recognize the
Eightfold Path. In conclusion, Roger
Smiths actions would lead him to a very
ugly scenario because he is rejecting eve-
rything Buddhist dont follow or want to
see.
As you have witnessed, religion is a
very crucial part of your everyday per-
son. Its involved in many different ways,
it can really have an effect on an empires
actions, decisions, and it even becomes a
part of our everyday lives. It doesnt mat-
ter what religion you follow; Hinduism,
Buddhism, Confucianism, or any other re-
ligion because it goes on to show that a
system of belief can show people the
amount of power of their actions. With-
out them, people would have no way to
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be guided through their own behaviors. A
belief system is very crucial to humans be-
cause it teaches people Moral Values,
which people should live by.
Belief Systems of Morocco:
In an effort to create a successful civili-
zation, the people of Morocco have estab-
lished their own belief system. It shares
similar religious beliefs and teaching with
other world religious and helps the peo-
ple of Morocco live with strong moral val-
ues. Here are some examples:
The rst principle in the belief system
of the people in the Morocco civilization
is called Passio. Passio stands for the
path to a peaceful life and it sets a
prominence on ones ability to not steal,
lie, or kill; and to have a correct mindset
no matter the situation. Morocconians
practice Passio daily, during long periods
of meditation rituals. During the prayer
practice, Morocconians kneel perfectly
still with their hands lined up together
and their eyes closed. While praying, they
try to visualize the perfect way to live.
For example, they may be visualizing
themselves helping one another or treat-
ing others with respect. Passio requires
the Moroccans to live the right way as
long as you live so your spirit can be re-
membered as an person who fought
through tough situations. The battle of
the path to the right way to live, to strive
for greatness, is similar to the Buddhist be-
lief of the path to enlightment. Frey
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states that Buddhist, The Buddha
taught a religion to end suffering (Frey
159). Just like the goal of Buddhism, to fol-
low the eight-fold path to strive for en-
lightment, so is the goal Passio for Moroc-
cans. By being able to do the right posi-
tive thing, the people of Morocco are bet-
ter prepared to take responsibility for
their actions when the opportunity is
handed to them. This helps to make a suc-
cessful civilization because the people are
doing the right thing within the civiliza-
tion to decrease the amount of crime, and
increase the amount of understanding.
The word Ascolin is a word of the
meaning respect. The second principal in
the belief system of the people in the Mo-
rocco civilization is called Ascolin. In a
civilization people need to have respect,
without the moral value of respect the
people of Morocco wouldnt build a big-
ger understanding of trustworthiness. As-
colin is developed in a citizens home
daily in the civilization when younger
people are speaking and progressing their
practices on older citizens. During the
day, children shall practice on older fam-
ily, but when around adults outside of the
household younger citizens should show
what they have practiced. Ascolin re-
quires the Moroccan to have the right
mindset around older citizens in many
different positive ways so the older peo-
ple around them can develop a moral
value of trust. Like a Confucius person,
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Acolin requires Do not do to others, as
you wont want done to you (Frey 208).
Just as the goal of a Confucian is to re-
spect all of those above them, so is the
goal of Ascolin for Moroccans. By being
able to show respect to all others that sur-
round you, the people of Morocco are bet-
ter prepared to take the opportunity
when someone shows trustworthiness to
a citizen. This helps to make for a success-
ful civilization because the people are
greater social and political peace with one
another.
The last moral value that the people of
Morocco have taken to further practices is
Hishka. Hishka is a word that the people
of Morocco have labeled as the golden
rule for the civilization. Hishka helps em-
phasis on ones mind set on kindness to
spread throughout ones neighbors and
the civilization. Moroccans develop
Hishka daily when taking action in any
type of activity with someone other than
himself or herself. While following their
own daily routine, the people of Morocco
try to visualize themselves in a difcult
situation that someone else has put them
in. This can help them because if someone
does something bad to them, they can
handle the situation the right way, and
not cause a result of conict. This conict
to treat others how you would want to be
treated is similar to the Confucian teach-
ing of to not do to others what you do not
want done to you. Just as the goal of Con-
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fucianism is to respect all others espe-
cially ones elders, so is the goal of Hishka
for Moroccans. By being able to respect
others when the factor is not in their
hands, Moroccans are better prepared to
take responsibility of their actions when
obstacles dont ght their way. This word
Hishka helps make for a successful civili-
zation because the people are greater at
treating others with respect.
Sacred Space of Morocco:
In Morocco, the religious structure,
named the Sword of Victory, is built un-
der the belief system of this civilization.
Within the design of the diamond sword,
there is a reection of the belief system
that have been set for the people of Mo-
rocco because they believe that setting ex-
amples for others can lead them to the
path of greatness. The size of the dia-
mond sword is a symbol of ones spirit, if
a citizens mind set isn't set on the right ap-
proach, the civilization can take a down-
fall because people can believe that they
can do the wrong thing. This structure is
very similar to the architecture of Rome
because it is a symbol that enlightens the
colony. This structure shows the people of
Morocco to never give up, because in or-
der to be successful mistakes are going to
occur, but if you can get past those mis-
takes your decisions could lead their life
to the path of greatness. This structure
helps make a civilization because it can re-
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mind people of the symbol of trustwor-
thy.
THE MIDDLE AGES
The Rise of Feudalism and the Church
When and the threat of a civilization be-
ing out savaged by barbarians led to a
rise of the Feudalism and the Catholic
Church in Medieval Europe times. When
Rome fell after being invaded by the Vi-
sigoths in 476 A.D., Europe was then left
with no central government and a need
for protection so they can hold off the bar-
barians. A French king, Charlemagne
then helped unite Europe by allying his
power with the Roman Catholic Church.
With the help of Pope Leo III, Charle-
magne was able to provide stability to
Europe, along with the rise of the Catho-
lic Church.
The Decline of Feudalism
There are many different causes that
joined together to cause the decline of
Feudalism in Europe; we are going to
look at three: Political changes, an exten-
sive disease, and a series of wars. Each
one of these three aspects played an essen-
tial part on the unraveling of crucial ele-
ments in the feudalistic hierarchy, which
was prevalent in the middle ages. In Eng-
land, numerous changes in the 12th and
13th centuries helped weaken feudalism,
which then a document named the
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Magna Carta was dated. The Magna
Carta was a written agreement took the
kings power to strengthen the rights of
nobles. As feudalism started to decline,
the Magna Carta played a more powerful
role, along with its contribution to ideas
about individual rights and Liberty to
England.
The disease or the bubonic plague, swept
across Asia in the early 1300s and later
reached Europe in 1347. The next two cen-
turies the disease killed millions of peo-
ple in Europe. The disease kept on grow-
ing and no one knew what was going on,
It struck all kinds of people---rich and
poor, young and old, town dwellers and
country folks It took the feudalistic col-
ony by storm. Anyone who caught the
plague never had a chance. The death of
so many people, lead to the sweeping of
whole communities, along with the eco-
nomics and social changes.
From Feudalism to Humanism
The nal of all three aspects that caused
the fall of feudalism was the amount of
signicant amount of war. Between the
time of 1337 and 1453, France and Eng-
land fought for the land because they
knew that know peasants were making
money. This conict changed the way
wars were fought and shifted most of the
power from the feudal lords and into the
hands of monarchs and common people.
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The fall of Feudalism had occurred when
many different aspects joined together at
the same time in order to make the feudal-
istic system come to an end. Every aspect
in most peoples minds contributed the
same, but the impact of Political Changes
was the most powerful. After a sequence
of political changes, every aspect that tied
together to force the fall of feudalism was
born after the political changes. Over
time the church became the most power-
ful building in all of Europe, causing po-
litical changes to occur. When the people
of feudalism started to notice the power
of the Catholic Church they became
scared and the political hierarchy
couldnt do anything about it. So as the
church gained power over time the politi-
cal hierarchy kept on changing causing
the church to do anything they wanted.
Finally by the time the bubonic plague
had came to Europe the political changes
were occurring constantly. So when the
king started to say to the people to come
work for him to get some money, all feu-
dalism had seen an end. The political
changes that had constantly occurring
over time took over all of feudalism, and
lead all of the aspects to bind together,
causing feudalism to nally come to an
end.
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"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."
- Oscar Wilde
SECTION V
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The Power of Ideas
The Impact of Humanism on Europe
Humanist brought on many changes that
helped improve Europe as a whole. The
humanist mindset was the belief of poten-
tial in all and in order to have that poten-
tial they believed that each individual
needed to out the amount of religious
faith and the belief of power in each hu-
man mind. The humanist learned from
the past empires, and in result they found
a new way of living. They did not believe
in such power in the church, they wanted
to not just focus on the importance of life
and the church, but the re-birth of the arts
and science.
Humanisms Impact on Morocco
There are many different humanist ideas
and beliefs that a civilization can take into
hand in order to make the civilization
grow successfully, which is why the civili-
zation of Morocco can take these beliefs
and ideas in there own hands. Since the
humanist mindset was focused on the
new birth of arts and science, they be-
lieved that everyone should have the abil-
ity to have a say within the civilization.
This meaning that not only the higher
class men had a saying for voting within
the democracy just because they were con-
sidered more important making them
more educated, but lower class men who
were intelligent could also have a say on
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there way of thinking. Taking this into
consideration the people of the Morocco
civilization would not be looked at by
there class but by there intelligence. The
people of Morocco would not be pun-
ished for there input on new ideas from a
religion, but should wish on insisting
new thoughts and practices. The people
of Morocco would be respected to take
that idea upon themselves in order to
visit the law making body of government
and present the ideas to the body of gov-
ernment in order to make the outcome of
justice that they fought for. The new body
of government will create a public system
of vote in which people can provoke
there ideas to either agree upon or veto
upon. However every person who votes
must show evidence of there thinking by
expressing there idea of the choice of vote
when they are speaking of there reasons
for there vote.
Protestant Reformation
There were many questionable teachings
and practices of the Catholic Church that
caused people to think the church was cor-
rupt. One of those practices was the sell-
ing of indulges. Indulges was a card that
you could buy which let you do sins
while still having the ability to achieve sal-
vation. People who received indulgences
did not have the role to perform good
deeds to make up for there sins. Over
time Bishops and Popes started to sell
these indulges as a way to earn money
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for the Church. As the Church sold these
indulgences it started to make it seem like
the people could buy forgiveness for
there sins, causing many Catholics to be-
come deeply disturbed by the abuse of in-
dulgence. Another corrupt characteristic
of the Catholic Church was simony. Sim-
ony was where, the church sold ofces,
or leadership positions to buyers who sim-
ply paid for their appointments (Frey
348). This meaning that the rich, could
simply buy there way into being a bishop
or even a pope, causing humanist to start
wondering if people still even cared
about the goodness of the church, or if
members of the church just cared about
the money. This caused Europe to have
two popes at the same time, one in Italy
and one in France. This was called the
Great Schism. The Great Schism led two
concepts as serious as war, and overall
the corruption of the church to get out of
hand.
The traditional beliefs of the church dif-
fered in many different days. There were
many people who helped differ the be-
liefs of the church, and one of those peo-
ple was John Wycliffe. John Wycliffe was
the man who translated the bible from
English language into Latin so the com-
mon person could have the ability to read
the bible. This was revolutionary to
Europe because now people could now
question the teachings of the bible since
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they could read it. And during this time
there was another important gure
named Jan Hus. He was the one who said
that people should think of Jesus as the
leader of the church since he taught good
moral values, for example love thy neigh-
bor as your self. Even though Jan Hus
was charged with Heresy and burned at
stake, his ideas changed the way of peo-
ples thoughts.
Martin Luther was a German scholar and
religious gure that was fed up with the
Catholic Church and its many forms of
Corruption. Yet he was so popular and
powerful that they were afraid to kill or
burn him at the stake. The reason that
Martin Luther became so disillusioned
with the church was that the Pope Leo X
needed money to nish building St. Pe-
ters Cathedral. He became irate when
the pope sent out hundreds of Bishops to
sell indulgences in order to fund the con-
struction of St. Peters Cathedral. Luther
was so incensed and he tacked his
ninety-ve theses (or arguments against
the Catholic Church) to the church door
and started reading them all inside Wit-
tenburg, Germany. Martin Luther then de-
cides to come together and join forces
with the rich in the money acting like he
was on the peasants side but all along
was with the rich to earn money which
supported the German Princes.
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Leonardo da Vinci in Morocco
The ideas of an individual from the past,
like the famous inventor and painter
Leonardo da Vinci, could further advance
and improve success of my civilization,
Morocco. Leonardo had excelled in many
different areas of art and architecture be-
cause like Albrecht Drer, he closely
studied proportions (Frey 344). Leon-
ardos achievements advanced many dif-
ferent peoples beliefs in Europe. From
analyzing his work of art and inventions
Leonardo had made precise drawings of
people, animals, and nature. Since his
sketches and ideas were about geometry
and mechanics which included the sci-
ence of motion and force he had drew in-
ventions, which would later be created
centuries after his time. These inventions
included such a variety of machines such
as a helicopter, submarine, tanks, and
heavy weapon machinery like guns. But
Leonardo mind wasnt the only thing that
motivated people both now and then;
there was also his work of art. Leonardo
created many masterpieces and one of
those consulted of a work of art called the
Mona Lisa. People have many different
theories about how he constructed the
Mona Lisa and why it was created any
reason from a self-portrait or even a recon-
struction of his mother
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CHAPTER 7
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