Jertopia

Jertopia
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL CIVILIZATION

Jeremy Scarth
Jeremy Scarth Thursday, June 5, 2014 9:18:19 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:af:0f
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden,
meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of
liberty.
-John F. Kennedy
CHAPTER 1
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Introduction
Descriptive paragraph
It is in this favorable/unfavorable geo-
graphic environment that the civilization
of Jertopia will be founded. It is a civiliza-
tion whose design takes its inspiration
from the study of past civilizations such
as the Arabs, the Aztecs, the Greeks, the
Mayans, the Mesopotamians, and the Ro-
mans, among others. This book will docu-
ment the necessary steps to take in order
to create a successful civilization.
It was another cold day we were just man-
aging to get by in the city of Jertopia
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Modication of form is admitted to be a matter of time. Alfred Russel Wallace
CHAPTER 2
3
Modifications
Part I Analysis of the Problem
The initial step in building a successful
civilization is to secure basic human
needs such as food and water. Due to its
geographic location, the major challenges
that the civilization of Jertopia faces in at-
taining a sufcient supply of food and wa-
ter include the following:
To create an empire that can destroy all
foes you need a basic food and water sup-
ply. The location of the area will create
problems. These problems are: things
such as getting water all year round be-
cause all the rivers are frozen in the win-
ter and we will half to follow the food to
wherever it goes so we can eat in our city
also we would need some kind of lumber
supply to be able to cook food that we
hunt because all the wood is wet in the
winter from snow. It would be hard to get
basic supplies like stone too because we
have no tools. The problems we will face
getting water are the cold weather it will
freeze water supplies and snow will
cover it after winter is over the rivers will
still be frozen so we need some way of un-
freezing them. It would be hard to get the
water from the water supply over the
hills. We would need something to get
the water to our civilization. We would
also need a sustainable water supply dur-
ing the winter.
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Part II - Proposed Solutions
In order for a civilization to prosper, it
must be able to modify the geographic
area around it in order to meet the basic
needs of supplying its inhabitants with
food and water.
The citizens of Jertopia could build dog
sleds to trade with other colonies and
have marked trade routes. To get food we
would need to build portable shelter so
our colony could follow the food wher-
ever it goes and we could trade our re-
courses to others for rewood and pick-
axes so we can mine the recourses in the
mountains. To get water we could melt
the snow during the winter. Similar to
other ancient civilizations, one of the
most difcult challenges for the Mayans
was to grow enough food for their grow-
ing population (Frey 268) and the snowy
mountains will not be good growing
grounds for the industrious citizens of
Jertopia. And during the summer we will
use an irrigation system.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. Abraham Lincoln
CHAPTER 3
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Law & Government
Lessons on Democracy
Over the years of roman governments we
have learned from their mistakes like in a
monarchy at rst there was a monarchy
in Rome where there was one king who
had power and then a successor would
get elected but then the kings wanted
their kin to be the next king but nally
the aristocrats wanted power and they
had enough to over throw the king and
they did the king was no longer in throne
now it was a group of aristocrats that be-
came an oligarchy
When it was a Oligarchy all the rulers
were powerful and were all rich but all
the poor were getting poorer and the rich
richer then nally all of the plebian de-
cided to leave cause they needed money
to afford anything at the market they
couldnt afford basic necessities like food
and soap of bathing. Eventually the plebe-
ians rebelled and then the government
was overthrown and it became a tyranny
During the tyranny anyone could take
power if they thought they were able to
Code of Laws
1. No killing other citizens if done they
will be punished by death
2. No stealing if something is stolen and
they nd out who stole it the item will be
returned and the person will have the op-
tion of cutting off on of the thiefs ngers
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3. Everyone is treated fairly
if someone is made fun of or feels down-
graded they have the possibility to take
their belongings and live where they live
but they half to talk with government of-
cials to make sure that it is true
4. No classes are given more rights than
others besides the king and the govern-
ment
5. And the city will not be divided by
who is rich and poor all citizens will live
near each other and they half to respect
each other
6. To be a member of the government
you need to have at least four to ve extra
years of school and you need to be born
and raised in the city.
7. To be a citizen you need to be born
and raised in the city, have gone to school
for 10-15 years and you need to have 2
years of military training
8. To become a citizen you can be
adopted by parents in the city, and/or be
born in the city
9. Any children caught stealing or dis-
obeying the law will be sent to military
training length depending on value of
item or amount of laws broken.
10. All citizens are able to participate in
gladiator events for free. Anyone found
not being a citizen will be entered in the
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arena for every ght they did not pay to
watch. If the citizen is 60-100 years old
they will just be charged a fee for how
much they did not pay
11. All slaves are allowed to not work on
Sundays but they will not be paid if they
decide to skip their job.
12. All slaves are allowed to go to the
gladiator events once a month and will be
only charged half the regular price.
13. Anyone has one chance to become a
citizen when they become 18 years old
but you will be forced through challenges
that could end in death. Any person that
is worthy will become a citizen but if a
war breaks out they will half to be in the
army or they will lose their citizenship.
14. Anyone found in the armory tamper-
ing with the weapons will be forced to
sharpen weapons for the rest of their life.
They will only receive enough pay to af-
ford food and other basic niceties this pen-
alty will be lifted after they sharpen three
times the weapons they tampered with
15. No kings are allowed to be re-elected
unless the entirety of the council agrees
with it all kings found bribing them will
be removed from ever being king again
and all their money will be forcibly re-
moved.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was one of the most power-
ful rulers in history for some his ways
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were not appreciated and his ways of
gaining leadership were not liked but he
made one of the greatest empires of all
time. Julius caesar was not trying to make
great wariors like other rulers but he
wanted to expand all over the world and
grow the empire. He made it so the poor
could go to events sutch as gladiator ght-
ing so they would not come up in an up-
roar of not enough entertainment for the
poor. To keep the poor happy, he staged
gladiator contests they could watch for
free. My leader would make sure all his
senators are trustworthy and give them
things they would want so they would
not murder me I would also have a troop
of 10-20 men to protect me from murder-
ers and thieves. Julius Caesar was a great
leader but he could have done more to
protect him from being murdered a mis-
take that my king will ensure does not
happen.
Augustus Caesar

Augustus Caesar was a great ruler for the
Roman Empire. He use the Praetorian
guard surround him to protect him at all
times, and all Roman soldiers had to
pledge allegiance to him instead of the
Senate. He also treated the senators re-
spectfully and gave them power to pass
laws. On the other hand, Augustus had
strict moral codes. If families didnt have
children or didnt stay together they
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would taxed more and they couldnt
land. He ruled for 41 years until his
death, and on his deathbed the Roman
people honored him by calling him a god
(Frey). In my civilization, I would follow
Augustus decision to have the army
pledge allegiance to the leader as well, so
that the army could not overthrow the
government. Augustus Caesar was one of
the greatest emperors of Rome and he
shaped the future of the Roman Empire
for years to come.
The Decline and Fall of the Western
Roman Empire
The problem of moral decline in Rome by
the emperors could have easily been pre-
vented if Nero and Caligula had been fo-
cused on expanding and maintaining
Rome, rather than drinking and eating.
As Emperor, he should be focused on the
matters of country, not the matters of his
personal life. Emperors are meant to rule
and command their kingdom with the
wisdom needed to see it prosper. Maybe
the Emperors had nothing to occupy their
time like political dissent or wars. Also,
the emperor may have viewed their un-
limited wealth source as their own per-
sonal stockpile for parties and drink, not
for fueling the city. (Emperors like Nero
and Caligula became infamous for wast-
ing money on lavish parties where guests
ate and drank until they became ill) The
decline of Rome could have been pre-
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vented if the Praetorian Guard was dis-
banded and if the emperors were less self-
ish than they were all they cared about
was making the rich richer the poor
poorer and themselves super rich with
piles of gold, silver, iron, and diamonds if
this money was focused on Rome not de-
grading and becoming a giant civilization
Rome would have ruled the world by
now.

The way that the uproar of citizens could
be prevented in the civilization of jertopia
is by having annual gladiator ghts that
slaves will not half to pay to see. And all
proceeds made that day will be used for
food and drinks for the slaves but all citi-
zens will be allowed to join into a party
room with plenty of food and the slaves
will be given bread while sitting. We will
establish police forces witch have troops
of six men patrolling the city and they
will be all paid by the amount of crooks
they bring in and the time they spend pa-
trolling so that they wont turn on the
king. 50 percent of taxes will go to govern-
ment 25 will go to construction funding
and another 25 will go to the king. We
will also establish a re department so
that if something starts burning it will not
catch the city on re and one to two foun-
tains will be placed on each block and if
there is a re. Water will be shut off every-
where and only go towards the source of
the re. To prevent slave and non-citizen
attacks because of decreasing morality all
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slaves will be allowed to not work on Sun-
days and any citizens with jobs are al-
lowed to skip work, but the owner has
the option of not paying the citizen unless
they will go without food and or water.
Any citizen that cannot afford to live in a
building will be able to apply for a job at
the roman senate and will be asked what
skills they have and they will see what
jobs are open in their range.
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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 Arc
CHAPTER 4
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Belief Systems
Why do civilizations
Because the belief system can have rules
to live by so the civilization doesnt just
go into straight chaos from ghting each
other. If they didnt believe in religion
there would be no moral values, no right
or wrong, no yes or no. Everyone could
just go around on a murder spree and
rampages and no one would stop them.
Some people wouldnt even care about
the violence and bloodshed going on.
Without religion the world would be crip-
pled badly. Wars would be ravage
throughout heavily populated areas that
dont believe in the same religion. Even if
we believe in different religions they all
have rules that they need to follow. I be-
lieve Napoleon Bonaparte was right
when he said religion is what keeps the
poor from murdering the rich. after all re-
ligion were the rst stepping stones for
humanity.
In order to further examine the concept of
morals and values, consider the following
moral dilemma:
In Europe, a woman was near death from a
special kind of cancer. 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 ra-
dium and charged $4,000 for a small dose of
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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 go-
ing 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.
If Heinz was Buddhist he would not try
to steal the medicine but only if he was
very religious. If there were only one type
of medicine that could help his wife he
would not try to steal it because Buddhist
give up all cravings. He would give up
his craving for the medicine for inner
peace, but only if he was very religious be-
cause if he was not he would probably
steal the medicine. Only because it would
save his wifes life that is a tough decision
that he would need to make but he would
give up the craving for the medicine but
he would let his wife die. I do not think
that he will live a life of inner peace if he
lets his wife die but he will still be follow-
ing the religion. In the eightfold path is
says (Right action Do not kill, steal, or lie.
Be honest Frey). I think that he might be
able to get to get the doctor to give him
the medicine if he persuaded the doctor
with the eightfold path and telling him
that he would live a life of shame because
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he just let someone die because they
could not afford the medicine even
though Heinz offered more than just the
money.
If Heinz were Hindu I think that he
would steal the medicine. It would lower
his karma buy stealing the medicine but
it would raise his karma by saving his
wifes life. I think that stealing the medi-
cine would have no bad effect on him ex-
cept getting arrested for stealing but he
should still be able to get a fair trial be-
cause it was based on saving someones
life. He would be reincarnated into a bet-
ter life when he dies because he saved
someone elses life. Though the doctor is
following his dharma (to follow ones
dharma means to perform ones duties
and so to live as one should Frey: 148) he
is charging a very high price but that
medicine only cost the doctor only 1/10th
of the price to manufacture but since he is
following his dharma his karma cannot
be subtracted because he is doing what
he was meant to do. After all I think that
Heinz should steal the medicine to save
his wife because all it can do is make his
karma go up because he saves a life.
If Heinz believed in Confucianism he
would not steal the medicine because in
the religion it says do not do things to
other people you do not want to happen
to you. This rule would prevent him from
stealing the medicine because he
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wouldnt want someone to break into his
store and steal his medicine.
A belief system is the most important part
about a civilization. They provide the rst
stepping-stones to becoming one of the
greatest rulers ever. Having a belief sys-
tem doesnt just provide the rst
stepping-stones for becoming a civiliza-
tion, they provide moral values that the
civilization needs to keep all their citizens
in line. In worldwide religions such as
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, etc.
they all follow moral values that keep
them from going on a murdering ram-
page because it isnt morally right to do
so. Religion is the most important part of
any civilization because it keeps your citi-
zens happy and you a great ruler.
In an effort to create a successful civiliza-
tion, the people of Jertopia have estab-
lished their own belief system. It shares
similar religious beliefs and teaching with
other world religions and helps the peo-
ple of Jertopia live with strong moral val-
ues. Here are some examples. The rst
value of Jertopia is Vennaht, Vennaht
teaches our citizens to use non-hurtful
speech towards others or using hurtful
words that may harm others emotionally
and/or mentally. Our citizens obtain Ven-
naht by explaining to others what caused
it and how to stop it. To prevent this from
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happening if this gossip is passed onto
the king or queen and proven false, the
starter of the act will be ned depending
on how bad the rumor was. To prevent
swearing if you are heard swearing by
authorities you would half to spend 10
minuets in the same spot until the authori-
ties tell you you can leave.
One of the most important morals in our
civilization is Dehn. Dehn is focused on
the job you have, if you dont have a
good time doing your job you shouldnt
do it. It doesnt mean that you should just
sit around and get paid. It just means that
you shouldnt stress out about your job if
you dont like it. If you dont like what
youre doing you nd a new job that you
will enjoy. Dehn is shown by our every
day workers because they all are working
their hardest because they like what they
do. It make us function quicker and we
are ready for anything in an instant be-
cause everyone knows what there sup-
posed to do when and where. It helps us
greatly in every day business and we pro-
duce the nest weapons, shields, pottery,
Etc. this came in play when our civiliza-
tion was going slowly and poorly when
someone suggested why do what you
dont want to when you can do what you
do. It made us amazingly fast expanding
over vast territories. After all this helped
us expand over territories amazingly vast
and make amazing things that everyone
wants.
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The last moral value we live by is Chare,
Chare means to donate to the poor and
not to expect anything in return. Our citi-
zens need to show Chare to keep the poor
from starving and everyone happy. Every-
one is expected to give about 1% of their
daily pay to charity or the homeless. This
teaches our citizens to share with others
and not to be a greedy person. This was
adopted from Islamic religions notion of
Zakat, where Muslims donate 2.5% of
their wealth to help the poor and to fund
charities. We admired this practice and
thought it would help us greatly. We
adopted this from the Islamic religion be-
cause when we were just starting we
were being attacked but luckily the Is-
lams were strong allies with the invaders
and stopped them. Because of their kind-
ness we wanted to give back and cherish
what they have done for us. By giving the
poor what they need to survive they in re-
turn help us grow. Chare also decreased
crime rates by 50% now it is much easier
to catch criminals because there arent as
many. This contributed greatly to us and
it helps up Thrive.
The Rise of Feudalism and the Catholic
Church
he fall of Rome lead to Feudalism and the
Roman Catholic Church because after
Rome fell everyone had a need for protec-
tion and need for order because of all the
wild barbarians. so they relied on the
church to give them protection and law
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for them to abide by. Since it fell there
was No Central Government/Defense
Charlemagne united all the christen lands
of Europe with the help of Pope Leo the
third. They created the Roman Catholic
Church and Charlemagne became the em-
peror and the Pope was granted higher
power than what that position had be-
fore. It also lead to a new type of govern-
ment called feudalism. Feudalism was a
great system for them because they
werent the biggest empire so they
needed someone to watch over the land,
and it also provided large amounts of
money for them. A monarch grants land
to another person that they may make a
manor on, then they may say to someone
they can use this land but I want this in re-
turn, this land is called a ef. Rome fal-
ling was one of the most important
events in history because it lead to feudal-
ism and the church. If Rome never fell
their might of not ever been feudalism.
The Decline of Feudalism
These events were leading away from feu-
dalism because they were opening up dif-
ferent opportunities that were being
taken and none of them contributed for
feudalism. The Magna Carta established
the idea of rights and liberties that the
king cannot violate. It also afrmed that
monarchs should rule with the advice of
the governed. This strengthened English
common law and the role of judges and
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juries. It gave a voice in government to
common people as well as lords. The peas-
ants wanted rights so they started the
English peasants war. Peasants met with
the king to get rights instead of having no
say in anything. These ideas became part
of the tradition that later gave rise to mod-
ern democratic institutions. Also the bu-
bonic plague / Black Death contributed
to the end of feudalism because it was
causing thousands of deaths which was
taking away from the amount of farmers
knights and other higher ranked citizens.
Then there was the hundred years war
when France and England fought for
land. England didnt have enough
knights to go ght so they started to pay
peasants to ght for them. the English
made the long bow that was a more pow-
erful solution to warfare and it was also
easier to use. the English army was
made up of lightly armored knights, foot
soldiers, and archers armed with long-
bows (Frey 59). It was a great advantage
but then Joan of the arc a patriotic girl led
France to victory over the English and
they seized land from England. The
plague made the church less powerful be-
cause they thought it was punishment
from god. The war took away from the
churches power because they were recruit-
ing with money instead of speech. And
the political change was taking power
from the church saying that they couldnt
do anything they wanted to. These events
all lead to the end of feudalism because
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each event was leading away instead of
towards feudalism.
These events were the end of feudalism al-
though some of the people might have
not realized it, they were. Political change
in England was the main culprit in the
fall of feudalism. These events lowered
the power in the king and the church that
made the people not believe them to be
so powerful. The people had more rights
than before, which made people question
the church, which was the downfall of feu-
dalism. Magna Carta gave power to all
the lower ranked citizens in the empire.
Middle Ages Concluding Question
These events were the end of feudalism al-
though some of the people might have
not realized it, they were. Political change
in England was the main culprit in the
fall of feudalism. These events lowered
the power in the king and the church that
made the people not believe them to be
so powerful. The people had more rights
than before, which made people question
the church, which was the downfall of feu-
dalism. Magna Carta gave power to all
the lower ranked citizens in the empire.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. John F. Kennedy
CHAPTER 5
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Power of Ideas
Humanisms Impact on Europe
European society changed in many ways
because of new questions, ideas, and
ways of thinking that were brought by
the humanist mindset of the renaissance.
Government was challenged by the peo-
ple because they started to think why
they had all these different rules and
ideas. They looked back at the past and
started to question the authority of
church. They also discovered different
types of government like democracy. In-
stead of being born into your social status
you had the ability to move up if you had
the required skills and ability to do the
job. Painting wasn't focused on mostly re-
ligious topics and everyone was made so
no one would be standing over each
other unlike the highly ranked people in
the mid-ages. There was a bigger focus on
art in the humanistic age because they
started to make 3D paintings and stand-
alone sculptures with more detail. people
started to write about more topics besides
religious topics and they expanded on hu-
man knowledge because they didn't just
relate to roman philosophers unlike the
feudalistic empire. There were also many
advances in science because there were
scientists like Leonardo Da Vinci which
started to study the topics of human anat-
omy and started to create new inventions.
they also started to preform experiments
to gain information about what they were
doing. Overall there were many changes
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in the empire that made humanism what
it is.
Humanist Ideas in My Civilization
Humanism would change my govern-
ment system rules to not be as strict as
they are now but my rules are fair and
provide fair sentences. although my rules
may be cut down it would make it not so
dangerous to steal something but since
we have a new system the citizens aren't
as likely to do it because the rules provide
a fair system of government. although it
would be a big change it would make a
brighter future for our civilization. hu-
manism would not have many effects to
the belief system but it would change a
few things. punishments would be
changed to not be so drastic as they were
but it wouldn't be a drastic change.
The Protestant Reformation Figure -
Post 1
Indulgences were questionable teachings
of the church, it was unfair for the poor
people because they couldnt buy these
passes but the rich people could. There
was also simony, which also corrupted
the church, a rich person could buy their
way into any rank they want but a person
that has ben with the church for 10 years
wont get the rank. Jan Hus believed that
the church should focus on Jesus as the
center not the pope. But the church didnt
like this idea so they burned him because
he had different thoughts than the
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church. Because Martin Luther believed
that the church was corrupt and that
there rules should be changed. He nailed
his 95 arguments against the church on
the walls of one of the churches and
showed the public what was wrong with
the church. the church wanted to kill him,
but he was too popular so they had to let
him go and he went into hiding until
there was a war between the german
princes and the peasants but he sup-
ported the princes because he knew that
he could make a standing against the
church.
Famous Renaissance Figure - Post 2
Leonardo da Vinci, I was born in a village
near Florence on 1452, and died in 1519.
When I was a teenager I trained in Flor-
ence under a master sculptor and Painter.
All my life I studied subjects including
art, music, math, anatomy, botany, archi-
tecture, and engineering. I worked as an
artist, engineer, and architect for kings,
popes, and wealthy patrons in my later
years.
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