Balakia

Balakia
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL CIVILIZATION

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
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Introduction
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.
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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
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Analysis of the Problem
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.
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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
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Proposed Solutions
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-
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This is a picture of the people melting snow to make water for the city.
Gallery 1.0 - Modications and Adaptions
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.
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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
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Laws and Goverment
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
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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.
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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.
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The Elders of the City.
Roman Architecture
Hot and Cold Water
Bath
Roman Dome
Interactive Pic: Palace of the kings.
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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Systems of Belief
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
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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),
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
- John F. Kennedy
CHAPTER 4
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Power of Ideas
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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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