Modification and Adaptations

Limbodia
THE ANSWER TO MAKING A SUCCESSFUL CIVILIZATION

Bennett Snyder
Snyder, Bennett Thursday, June 5, 2014 11:21:09 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:e1:3f
SECTION 1
The nippy climate on the eastern base of
the vast mountain range is known as Lim-
bodia. The damp grass and the moun-
tains make it one of the hardest places to
travel through and live in. Hazy clouds
shroud the foothills, into an innocuously
peaceful place. As these clouds shower
the land with a light mist, the sun nale
On this towering landscape a civilization like no other will be built.
Introduction
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burns throws and shows an array of after-
noon oranges and ashen purples. Pine
smells and soggy grass journey through
the air making the land feel like paradise.
Mooing cows, squawking geese, and bark-
ing prairie dogs put the life in the verdant
landscape. As the meadows and the
mountains get their last bits of light, dan-
ger starts to strike. Although not bitten by
frostbite, gray wolves come out to
stalk their prey.
It is in this favorable geographic environ-
ment that the civilization of Limbodia
will be founded. It is a civilization whose
design takes its inspiration from the
study of other civilizations such as the Ar-
abs, 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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People are children of there environment
- Shinichi Suzuki
CHAPTER 1
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Modifications
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SECTION 1
Part 1 Analysis of the Problem
The rst step in building a civilization is
to secure human basic needs such as food
and water. Due to its geography, the ma-
jor challenges the civilization of the Lim-
bodians face in achieving a basic food
and water supply.
Human Changes to the land
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The brisk, varied-temperature climate of
the foothills make it one of the hardest
places to live in. Below-zero temperatures
at night and scalding
daytime temperatures
are its features. Lack of
a clear-water source is
by far the most signi-
cant. First of all nd-
ing a fresh spring
source is a
challenge. Although
there is prolic rain
over the mountains,
and although there are
prominent waterfalls on their faces, few
springs intersperse the pastures. For a
Limbodian to hike to the mountain each
day he endangers himself with the possi-
bility of injury and dehydration. The few
lakes and rivers that are close to my em-
pire are not drinkable be-
cause of animal waste.
Thus, the Limbodians will
not survive or thrive unless
these problems and their en-
suing consequences are
identied, addressed and re-
solved.
The next challenge for the
Limbodians is controlling
and taking care of the Lim-
bodians cattle. Wolves are the main
predators of cattle. Not protecting these
cattle could result in starvation and even
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death. This dare will change the future of
their civilization.
Part 2- Proposed Solutions
Adaptations. Adaptations are key to sur-
vival. Adaptations occur when a human,
animal or plant changes the way it lives
because of the environment that it lives
in. Modications on the other hand are
when a human being changes the land-
scape to survive better. Modications and
adaptations will help my empire grow be-
yond any other. For example humans
might adapt wearing thicker clothes in a
cold environment. On the other hand the
landscape might need to be modied by
building earth steps if there is no at land
Being that the Limbodians live in an envi-

ronment that is in the foothills of a large
mountain range fresh water only collects
in springs high up in the mountains sur-
rounding the Limbodians empire. This is
why the Limbodians have come to build
aqueducts from the mountains to the Lim-
bodians city. Limbodians will achieve
this by gathering a group of people will-
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ing to work. These men and women will
have to move rock for months on end. Al-
though this work is tough the Limbodi-
ans will be rewarded with a supply of wa-
ter. Copying the Aztecs genius idea of
making a twin-piped water system in
1325 C.E. Twin pipes ran from Chapulte-
pec springs, three miles away (Frey 275)
will make it so that the harmless citizens
of Limbodia will not have to deal with
climbing a monstrous mountain every
day to retrieve water.
Having wild cows already waiting for the
Limbodians in the main pasture is a giant
advantage, but protecting these cows will
be a cosmic responsibility for the Limbodi-
ans. Living in the mountains, there will
be lots of predators such as wolves. The
Limbodians will have to protect these
cows by building a stonewall around
them. This will happen by again forming
a group of individuals to collect and pile
stone over greenish areas. Unlike Mesopo-
tamias mud walls built in 3000 B.C.E.
The walls were made of mud bricks that
were baked in the sun until it was hard
(Frey 38) mine will be made out of stone
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brick. Not only will these modications
help empire survive but also thrive.
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a person may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea
lives on.
CHAPTER 2
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Ideas
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-John F. kennedy
SECTION 1
How can a Humanist mindset promote
new ideas and make for a successful civi-
lization?
Humanist have shaped the world in
many ways, the biggest achievements by
humanist were in literature and painting.
Humanist lived during the renaissance
Power of Ideas
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period (1300-1600). These men and
women believed in a
balance between relig-
ion and daily life. Hu-
manists had a very dif-
ferent mindset from
the people in the medie-
val times. They were
the rst to start asking
question and nding
the answer to that ques-
tion if no one knows the answer. Human-
ist also affected they way people think,
Such as in Literature and painting. In Lit-
erature writers and poets started writing
about personal experiences, feelings, and
ctional stories instead of religious topics.
Writing about secular, or non religious
topics became more popular. Painting
had also advanced a
lot. Artists were
now starting to
paint more realistic
paintings. These
paintings also had
3-D objects and de-
tailed backgrounds.
Artists used perspec-
tive and shading,
this created the realistic looks. The paint-
ing had gone from at boring paintings in
the medieval times, to detailed and realist
paintings in the renaissance. The human-
ist mindset changed the way in which
many people thought during the renais-
sance. For Example one Humanist named
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This is a picture of a famous painting called School of athens
done by Raffaello Sanzio
Leonardo de Vinci has created many fa-
mous painting that are still famous today.
Over all Humanist have inspire us to ask
questions and be curious.
How can questions and new ideas
threaten traditional beliefs or institutions
of power?
Through out the middle ages the Catholic
Church controlled all of Western Europe,
but once humanists started questioning
the church, people began to believe that
the church was very corrupt. People be-
lieved that the church was corrupt be-
cause the church was asking for money to
be relieved of your sins. This is called an
indulgence. This is wrong because the tra-
ditional why was to confess your sins to a
priest for free. This was threatening the
church a lot. The church was afraid of los-
ing its power so they started getting rid
of the people that questioned them and
their beliefs. Over time, popes and bish-
ops began selling indulgences as a way of
raising money(Frey 348). One example
of a humanist that questioned the Catho-
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A priest selling indulgences to a township
lic Churchs beliefs is a priest
named Martin Luther. Martin
Luther believed that you
could only receive salvation
as a gift from god by he or
shes faith, not your good
works. The Catholic Church
on the other hand believed
that you could receive salva-
tion by faith, good works,
and following the sacra-
ments. Martin urged the
church to start teaching what
he believed in. After lots of arguing Mar-
tin Luther started his own church. Surpris-
ing, Luthers church grew very large.
Several princes, however, sported Luther,
and Lutheranism continued to grow.(Frey
353) Luther had successfully
created a thriving church, but
the catholic church re-
sponded violently. Over the
next 30 years the Catholic
Church was in war with Lu-
theranism. After the ghting
had ended in 1555, they
signed the peace of Augs-
burg. This meant that princes
inside the Holy Roman Em-
pire could determine what re-
ligion their kingdom would
follow. According to the treaty, each
prince within the Holy Roman Empire
could determine the religion of his sub-
jects. (Frey 353) This treaty created one
of the most dramatic changes Europe. Af-
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A picture of Martin Luther
ter More and more humanists started
questioning the church, I feel that church
has to start excepting these other teaching
and Ideas. This all started with the church
sighing the treaty with Lutheranism. The
Catholic Church ruled most of Europe
during the middle ages, but as more
years go by during the renaissance, the
church losese more and more power.
In the civilization of Limbodia, humanists
questioned the transpiration in my civili-
zation. The rst thing a humanist would
question would be, why doesnt the civili-
zation of Limbodia have a major road sys-
tem. He or she might think not having a
road system will make trade extremely
hard. Having a road system would also
benet for the people of Limbodia, it
would help them by making it easier to
travel from place to place. One question
the government ofcials of Limbodia had
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Sixtus IV with four of his nephews. Giuliano della Rovere, third
from left, later became Pope Julius II
asked me was how the civilization would
determine whether accept a new idea or
decline it. This decision would be deter-
mined by a series testings and votings.
First the new idea would go to the top sci-
entist and priests. They would determine
if the Idea would help the civilization. If
the Idea or belief was tested helpful for
the civilization, government ofcials and
in most cases the public, would vote to
see if that law, belief, or improvement to
the civilization should be carried through.
This strategy will make a very successful
civilization. It will do this because people
and the government dont only make the
choice, but also by the smart scientist and
the wise priests that live in Limbodia.
Over all, having humanists in Limbodia
will benet the environment. However,
the bad and threatening Ideas will be re-
jected from society. Humanist ideas will
help the civilization of Limbodia.
Nicolaus Copernicus was a skilled in
mathematics and observations. He had
many achievements, one was nding that
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This is a picture that proves the Earth is not the center of the universe
the earth was not the center of the uni-
verse and that it revolved around the sun
on it axis. Nicolaus was smart, hard work-
ing, and talented. Nicolaus ideas had
beneted other scientist, but threatened
the Catholics church beliefs. The idea that
had threatened the church the most was
how he found that the earth is not the cen-
ter of the universe. The church had in-
structed the opposite, which the earth
was at the center of the universe because
god had put humans there. How could
Nicolaus improve my civilization? If Nico-
laus were to come to my civilization, I
would promise him everything he needs
to continue his studys if he helps Limbo-
dia advance in astronomy. Limbodia
want a humanist like Nicolaus because
the civilization needs a accrete way of tell-
ing time by just looking at the sun posi-
tion in the sky. This will be helpful to Lim-
bodia because then worker can look up
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A picture of Nicolaus Copernicus
into the sky and see when there done
with there work. Limbodia also needs Ni-
colaus to gure out what is beyond the
civilization world; the civilization wants
to know this just to have more knowl-
edge. Nicolaus is a very smart man, and if
our civilization didnt take advantage of
him, we would not thrive.
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