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Ceremontorot
Connor Lane
Land of Ice and Ideas
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This image represents were the civilization of Ceremontorot will thrive
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Introduction
The pines of the forest stretch on for miles on end. The crisp, cold
air is blowing throughout the mountains. If you are one of the un-
lucky ones, you may smell the foulness of the goat droppings. The
dead animal discards develop a foul smell that would send you
running away like it was a mountain lion. The goat hide creates
the ufest coat and keeps you warm throughout the night. Ani-
mal meat over the burning re warms the skin. The icy, damp soil
makes your feet tingle and makes you think that that it may not be
soil at all. Spiky leaves on the pines are like tiny individual arrows
piercing whatever touches them. On the top of the mountain, are
miles of ice-cold snow; it runs down your throat and refreshes all
of your senses. The savory, tender goat meat warms your mouth.
The cries of animals echo through the mountain trails. The icy
snow crunches beneath the feet of animals and people alike. Giant
mountains tower above the world like the divine gods, watching
all that happens below. In the darkness of night, the snowakes y
in the wind like thousands of tiny ballerinas dancing in the night.
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Aqueduct over The Frozen Lake
CHAPTER 1
3
Modifications
I- Analysis of the Problem
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 Ceremontorot faces in achieving a basic food and wa-
ter supply include the following: .
A challenge in Ceremontorot is nding food. Hunting
is very unreliable and farming is near impossible. Farm-
ing on the mountains is difcult because there is virtu-
Figure 1.1
If we dont see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem, with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel
overwhelmed- Anthony Robbins
Human Changes to the Land
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ally no arable land. Hunting is another choice. How-
ever, hunting isnt very reliable because, if all the ani-
mals are dead, you will die soon afterwards and the rest
of the civilization will crumble.
Another challenge in Ceremontorot is getting wa-
ter. Yes, there is snow and ice everywhere, but if it gets
really hot, the ice could melt and ood the entire land-
scape. Also, the snow is high up on the mountain so its
an expedition just to get water. If a reservoir or aque-
duct werent built, the people of Ceremontorot would
have to scale the dangerous mountains to get their wa-
ter.
II-Proposed Solutions
Modication means changes you make to the environ-
ment. An example of a modication is making a dam to
block owing water, which would build up in a pool.
The importance of a modication is that sometimes you
cant live in your environment so you need to make
changes to survive.
The solution to our food problems is to make terraces or
earth steps to farm crops, which is a more efcient food
source. Like the Greeks, we would need to domesticate
goats and sheep instead of cattle for food because they
can eat of the sides of mountains, unlike cattle, which
require large amounts of space for grazing. (Frey 249)
Also like the Greeks, we would use earth steps and ter-
races for farming because it is virtually impossible to
farm of the bare mountainside (Frey 249)
The solution to our water problems is to make a dam
along the mountainside to block the water and force it
into reservoirs like the Mesopotamians (Frey 36). We
could get more than one person to scale the mountain
and begin to make an aqueduct so water could ow to
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our reservoir. We would make the dam out of very com-
pact logs and it would be monitored to prevent a mas-
sive ood.
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CHAPTER 2
7
Law and Government
Figure 2
Ceremontorot Government Building
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in
its worst state, an intolerable one- Thomas Paine
SECTION 1
Part I-
Lessons on Democracy
In the city-state of Athens, they were a Direct De-
mocracy. Every 10 days, the Council of 500 and dis-
cussed important
laws that may or may not be used in their society.
Each year, the names of all citizens 30 years of age or
older were collected, and 500 of those names were cho-
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Interrogation Room
Jail door
entrance to the Ceremontorot
dungeon
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Maintaining Civil Order
sen to be on the council (Frey 261). They tried to make
it fair between all the citizens all had a say in what was
going on. However, some of the citizens of Athens were
easily persuaded and voted for laws that benet others,
but not themselves.

In the city-state of Sparta, they werent a Democ-
racy, but an Oligarchy. Every once in a while, the Spar-
tan Assembly had a meeting with the Council of Elders
(which consisted of 2 kings and 28 citizens) The two
kings inherited their power and the other 28 members
were elected onto the council (Frey 265). They thought
up laws so the people could vote yes or no on them.
This made it somewhat fair and lets the council have a
lot of power.
In Rome, they were a Representative Democracy
because they elect a new member of the Senate every
time one of the members dies. After that, the Patricians
gained ultimate power over the lower class Plebeians.
In 494 B.C.E. the Plebeians wanted a share in power
and rose up against the Patricians, which we now call
the Conict of Orders. The conict was especially
tough during war times (Frey 319) In order to get their
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Figure 2.1 Spartan Council of Elders sign
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rights, the plebe-
ians left Rome
and went on
strike. The Patri-
cians didnt want
to be attacked by
other cities, so
they granted the
Plebeians rights.
They gave the Ple-
beians rights and
made the Twelve
Tables. This en-
sured that the Pa-
tricians didnt
change the laws to benet their own needs. The Plebe-
ians were granted Veto power which made it so Plebe-
ians could say no to laws they thought were unfair.
They made the Tribunes of the plebs, which was like
the plebeians own version of the Senate.

Part II-Code of Law
One of the greatest law makers of all time was
Hammurabi of Babylon. Some of his laws were some of
the greatest of all time, others were some of the harsh-
est. There are hundreds of laws in Hammurabis code
and these are some of them. If a builder makes a house
and then it falls on the customers son, the builders son
is executed and the list goes on and on and on.
In Rome, a new form of government was created. It
would be known as the Twelve Tables. But in compari-
son, some might say that this form of government was
even harsher than Hammurabis Code. Some of them
involve the situation during a divorce. If a man and a
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Figure 2.2 One of the Twelve Tables
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woman divorce, the man can marry someone else and
have the original wife as a slave.
In Ceremontorot, there are many problems that
could be present in our civilization. One of the larger
problems is crime. Crime can range from pickpocketing
to mass murder. If this happens, there would be no way
to prevent it from happening more and more. Unedu-
cated people and too many people to feed etc.
The Code of Seven is the system of government we
use. It enforces what our currency is and we dont pun-
ish anyone unless they have been proven guilty. We
rank our crimes on a scale, 1 being the lowest and 3 be-
ing the highest. Children are required to start school at
5 and end school when they are 17. However, if you
would like a government job, you can go to an ad-
vanced school for 5 more years. If a person is proved
guilty of a crime, the lowest punishment is a ne or a
few days in prison and the highest punishment is exile
or execution. Any violation of these laws is considered
a rank 3 crime and the person who committed the crime
will be trialed and automatically ned 12,000 Neklar.
Part III- Political Leadership Lessons from Julius Cae-
sar
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Figure 2.3 Everyday Rome
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(PBS Documentary - Order from Chaos3.)
While Caesar was a great ruler, there were
choices he made that led up to a very tragic event. Cae-
sar forgot to manage the needs of the Patricians. When
Julius Caesar lowered the taxes, it lowered how much
the rich were paid because their salary is based on
taxes. Taking the slaves away made the rich mad be-
cause they believed that slaves were required to do any-
thing. But the one thing that Caesar did that they really
despised was giving some of their power to the poor.
This nal thing nally made the Patricians snap. A
group of high class members of the senate met one
night and plotted to kill Caesar on the 15th of March.
On the day of March 15th, 45 B.C.E., Caesar was going
to the forum. Once he arrived, 60 members of the senate
surrounded him and stabbed him 23 times in the chest
and back. Even some of his best friends were in this
plot. The death of Caesar was tragic, but a time for a
new ruler to step up to the throne. That man was Cae-
sars nephew, Augustus Caesar.
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Figure 2.5 Julius Caesar
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The important lessons that my civilization of
Ceremontorot can be learn from the Roman emperor
Julius Caesar, is that you need to focus on all of the so-
cial classes. Caesar began his rule in 45 B.C.E. and was
supposed to rule until 35 B.C.E. but only ruled for one
year. In his ruling time, he lowered the taxes, limited
only three slaves per household and gave the plebe-
ians a share in the power. This was something the
poor deeply appreciated and then Caesar had the up-
most support from the plebeians.
Part IV: Political Leadership Lessons of Augustus Cae-
sar
Augustus, the nephew of Julius Caesar was in
many ways, greater than Caesar himself. His goal in life
was to not make the same mistakes Caesar made. To
please the people, he rebuilt 82 temples to show he
cared for the religion. He lived in a home that an aver-
age citizen lived in to show that he
was the First Citizen and so the
people thought he was just like
any other person. He also made
two brand new aqueducts and the
list goes on and on and on. How-
ever, there were some unpopular
steps Augustus made. Married cou-
ples who didnt have a child were
taxed extra. The very beginning of his rule started with
blood and violence. He made it so if you were caught
with someone other than your spouse, you were most
likely exiled from Rome and couldnt ever be a Roman
citizen again.
(Frey p. 388-389)
The lessons Ceremontorot can learn from Augustus
is to always try for peace as a rst option. Peace is usu-
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Figure 2.6 Augustus Caesar
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ally a great way to ensure your safety as emperor. Prom-
ising peace and other enjoyments will most denitely
keep you alive. However, we must also give the citizens
rights as, well, citizens. Rights such as divorcing if
needed and not being taxed by not having a child.
Part V Decline of the Western Roman Empire:
I believe the main cause of the Fall of Rome was in
fact political corruption and the military. When the em-
perors spent the cities money on big parties that only
beneted themselves, they ended up eventually giving
up on having a great army. At the time when the Ger-
mans were invading Rome, the Roman emperor began
trading citizens such as potters and blacksmiths. People
with no military training failed to believe in helping
Rome in their darkest hour. The largest part in the fall
of Rome was the lack of citizens wanting to protect
their city. This one element kind of connects to every-
thing else. They didnt want to protect a city of overly
corrupt emperors, horrible technology and living areas
that couldnt support anybody, let alone a regular citi-
zen. (PBS Documentary - Order from Chaos3)
Some steps my civilization can do to avoid the
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Figure 2.7 Rome in chaos
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og.com/2011/02/fall-of-rome-
same fate are to motivate the citizens to be in the mili-
tary when our city is threatened by war. We must al-
ways make sure our government doesnt get corrupt
and threaten the safety of all the citizens. We will have
great minds come up with new ideas to further advance
our civilizations technology.

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CHAPTER 3
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Belief systems
SECTION 1
A belief system is important in a civilization because it
gives the citizens a thing to believe in. It is something
to hope for, even when you are in your darkest hour.
The belief system you have, whether it is Hinduism,
Buddhism, Confucianism or any other religion, it will
most likely decide what are your moral values are. The
belief system of your culture can explain the unex-
plainable; enlighten an issue that remained in the dark.
Give you a sense of security in your life that you previ-
ously couldnt have. A world without a belief system
would be an empty place lled with those without a
hope for a better life.
Figure 3.1 Aztec Temple
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Impact of Belief System
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In order to further understand the importance of a
belief system on society and their inuence on their fol-
lowers, acknowledge the moral dilemma below:
In Europe, a woman was near death from a special kind of can-
cer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save
her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town
had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but
the druggist was charging ten times what the drug originally
cost him to produce. He paid $400 for the radium and charged
$4,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman's husband,
Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money and
tried every legal means, but he could only get together about
$2,000, which is half of what it cost. He told the druggist that
his wife was dying, and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him
pay later. But the druggist said, "No, I discovered the drug and
I'm going to make money from it." So, having tried every legal
means, Heinz gets desperate and considers breaking into the
man's store to steal the drug for his wife.
In the Hindu society, they believed in karma.
Karma was a belief that if you did something good,
something good would happen to you. But if you
did something bad, you would have very bad luck.
If Heinz followed Hinduism, he would not steal the
medicine and heres why. According to their belief,
stealing would result in bad karma and in their relig-
ion, it would result in them being reincarnated into
a lower social class. Not stealing the medicine may
not be what he wants, but it is what his religion de-
mands out of him.
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In a Buddhist society, they believed that get-
ting rid of suffering in their lives, by following
the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path and
not harming any life would let them reach en-
lightenment. If Heinz followed Buddhism, he
would steal the medicine because, while it may
be wrong to steal, he is trying to save his wifes
life and the shopkeeper is being a jerk and rais-
ing the price ten times the original amount.
In a society where Confucianism is the relig-
ion, they believed in the Five Major Relation-
ships which are Master to Servant, Older sibling
to Young sibling , Parent to child, Teacher to stu-
dent and Ruler to Ruled. If Heinz believed in
Confucianism, he would steal the medicine be-
cause Heinz is elder to the shopkeeper, which
would mean the shopkeeper would need to have
the upmost respect for Heinz and just have
given hime the medicine for the proper price.
Statue of The Buddha
Statue of Kung Fuzi
For this issue, every religion would have a differ-
ent way of going about this. No matter the situation,
the religion will be your guide to moral dilemmas
such as this. Confucianists would steal because the
shopkeeper would need to respect his elders. Bud-
dhists would steal it because even though it is
wrong, buddhists arent allowed to do harm to any
life. In a Hindu society he wouldnt steal because it
would result in Bad Karma for him.
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In the civilization of Ceremontorot, we believe in
the moral of Tnaro (loyalty). What we mean by this is
that no matter what, our citizens will be loyal and will
not turn their backs on us This moral value is similar
to that of the Islamic pillar of Shahadah. Muslim peo-
ple believe that Allah is god and he is the only god, so
they would give their full loyalty to Allah and no-one
else.
Belief system of Ceremontorot
In an effort to create a successful civilization, the
people of Ceremontorot have established their own
belief system. It shares similar religious beliefs and
teachings with other world religions and helps the
people of Ceremontorot live with strong moral val-
ues. Here are some examples:
The Catholic Church was a main factor to
life in Medieval Europe, the church had control
of over 33% of the land, and it controlled all litera-
ture, and was a force that all must be wary of.
From Monarchs to everyday citizens, every social
class was affected in one way or another. While
the King seems like the ruler, in reality the pope
rules all. If you didnt agree with Pope, you
would be put on trial and excommunicated from
the church. Excommunicating is when a person is
removed of their right to salvation and is entirely
banned from the church.
Role of the Catholic Church in Europe
Excommunication is the worst form of punishment the
church could perform. The church was a force that
even the monarchs had to respect. Or else you will lose
all power you currently have.
The second moral value in our civilization is Noka.
Noka means peace to all which signies that we
must keep the peace and not let the citizens get out
of hand. This is similar to Buddhism because in that
religion, the Right action part of the Eightfold path
states that it is considered a sin to harm another liv-
ing being. Our people will practice this by whenever
they see an act of violence or sin, they will step in
and attempt to resolve the problem. This will help
our civilization thrive because it allows our people
to develop into keepers of peace and resolve the con-
icts.

Our third moral value is Mosot (respect). The
people of Ceremontorot will practice this by putting
the elders above all else and give them the upmost
respect. The people must also respect the civilization
itself.
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Belief Structure of Ceremontorot
The belief structure of Ceremontorot has 3 major
values in it. The rst is Tnaro, loyalty. Loyalty is im-
portant in Ceremontorot because we live in the snowy
mountains, a strong bond between the citizens and
members of the temple is what keeps us going
through snowstorms. The second value is Noka or
Peace to All. This belief is to help the civilization by
keeping the peace with the citizens. This belief is im-
portant because keeping the peace is how we keep all
the citizens happy. The nal value is Mosot or respect.
This value is generally used with the elders. All citi-
zens must respect their elders, even if the elders ideas
contradict the citizens own ideas. The sacred temple
in Ceremontorot will enforce these ideas because it is
run by elders, keeps the peace in the room of prayers
We will be remembered for this moral value because,
just like Islam, we will remain loyal to our faith and
not let another decide what we can and cant practice.
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and the temple enforces loyalty by prayer. The citizens
are required to pray to our gods to show their loyalty.
Entrance to the Temple of Ceremontorot
CHAPTER 4
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Ideas
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SECTION 1
Advancing Ideas Within a Civilization
The European society has changed in that it has
moved away from the idea that life is just a test to get
into heaven, began to question everything and created
new ideas. It got to this point from the inuence of Hu-
manism. During the Renaissance, Humanists began to
question the churchs beliefs and explanations of the
things around them. One question could be, Why not
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The Power of Ideas
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promote all religion? Humanists supported trade and
the arts. Humanists believed that no matter your class,
your achievements shine above it (Frey 321). The Euro-
pean society changed from trying to pass life and only
trust the church, to individuals with great ideas to im-
prove daily life. In the Renaissance, many rich families
patronized artists to keep improving the arts to be the
greatest are in the world.New thinkers and artists
didnt try to imitate the past. They tried to improve
upon the work of the Greeks and Romans. (Frey 321)
A Humanist would say that we should embrace all
religions, be open to ideas and we should ask ques-
tions. Humanists would probably be confused on the
fact that we have only one religion and dont support
any other religion. They would say that all religions
and nationalities should be embraced and not pushed
away. Humanists would tell us to be open to new ideas.
Without creative ideas, our
technology will never
change. With new ideas, we
can further our technologi-
cal advancements. We also
would be told to ask ques-
tions. Without questions,
we will be left in the dark.
Not knowing what is going
on will leave us vulnerable
to being tricked and lied to.

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The Danger of New Ideas
The church in the Renaissance was extremely corrupt with
Indulgences, its positions in the church and there was actu-
ally 3 Popes at one time in Europe. Many churches have a
person confess their sins to the priest privately. In the Ren-
aissance, it was quite different. The priest would sell off in-
dulgences to the public.
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Indulgences are a grant by the Catholic Church that re-
leased a person from punishment for sins. (Frey 348) The
church over used indulgences only for the purpose of
more money and land. For church positions, it wasnt
any better. Usually you would think that a new bishop
or cardinal was elected into ofce, but in reality, that
isnt the case. Many bought their way into ofce. This is
called Simony. Simony is the buying and selling of spiri-
tual or holy things. The highest bidder got the position
of Bishop or Cardinal. Many other Clergy members
didnt live a life of poverty like their vow said. Many ac-
tually lived in lavish palaces and they wore jeweled
robes. The corruption of the church actually resulted in
Europe having 3 popes at one time. One from the Roman
Catholic Church, one in Avignon and another in some-
where else.

During the Reformation, there were many great g-
ures that spoke against the church One of these gures
is Desiderius Erasmus. Desiderius was a Humanist and
a Catholic from Holland. He believed that the Clergy
was very corrupt and he wanted to reform it from the
inside. One of his more comedic ideas was a book that
he wrote called The Praise of Folly which satirized the
teachings of the church. (Frey 351) He attacked the
church from within which was the main contributor to
peoples desire to abandon Catholicism. Many have
said that, Erasmus laid the egg and Luther hatched
it.
Luther had great ideas that sparked the Reforma-
tion. However, the church wasnt so accepting. The
church didnt want Luthers ideas to end their money
gaining abilities. In order to deal with Luther, the
Catholic Church decided to excommunicate Luther
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from the church and forbade the printing and selling
of his ideas. In order to get rid of Luther, the church
sent authorities in Germany to silence him for good
(Frey 353). Luckily for Luther, he managed to escape
the church and hid with princes in Germany. Luther
would eventually give rise to a new Christian denomi-
nation called Lutheranism (Frey 353).
In order to deal with those who question our po-
litical and religious belief systems, my civilization will
rst see how the idea actually would affect us. For ex-
ample, if the idea was to suggest new ways to im-
prove my government, it would be accepted. My civili-
zation will usually agree or compromise with new
ideas. However, an idea that hurts or insults my civili-
zations government or religion has to be dealt with in
one of two ways. One is exile, where the offender is re-
moved from the civilization entirely. The other is time
in the Ceremontorot jail, where the offender is placed
into prison and sentenced to time based on the offense.
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Nicolaus Copernicus was born on Feburary 19,
1473 in Toru", Poland. For over 2000 years, most peo-
ple believed that Earth was the center of the universe
and the sun, stars and other planets orbited around it.
Aristotle taught this theory to many and the bible sug-
gests this too. But Nicolaus had a different theory. He
proposed that the sun was actually the center of the uni-
verse and the stars and planets orbited around it. His
heliocentric theory challenged everything most people
believed at that time. It even challenged the Reforma-
tion leader Martin Luther because the theory contra-
dicts the Bible.
Nicolaus ideas would greatly benet our civiliza-
tion in many different ways. A scientist, would be a
great addition to our civilization because he would be a
great teacher. His theories would take the kids ideas all
the way. Kids can now gure out how their planet
works and how the sun in the sky is the center of the uni-
verse. Copernicus would be a good inuence for adults
too. He would be Ceremontorots greatest scientist and
he would tell us about Physics and how it impacts the
planet. Nicolaus would be the greatest scientic inu-
ence in a place where science has little to no question-
ing.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer
during the Renaissance, suggesting that
the sun was at the center of the universe,
not the Earth
The Power of
Individual
Ideas
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