Tomasapolis

Tomas Talamantes
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A swamp is a vibrant and colorful land. The dark murky water surround the
area, a monstrous mud lays on the bottom of the water waiting to strike like a
hungry cobra. The water above the mud is like a brown cloud of fog, hiding
the sh from being seen. Disease and bacteria ll the murky waters ready to
strike. Above the murky water is a giant coat of moss surrounding the never-
ending swamp. The giant blanket of moss makes it impossible to see the water
with the naked eye. The overwhelming smell of moss lls the air like a rain}
storm. Giant trees sprout from the swamp like a ower sprouting from a gar}
den. Little bits of boggy and soggy land surround the giant trees. Small bright
green reeds grow on these slivers of soil brightening up the everlasting water
below. The trees are the true monsters of the swamp. They stretch to the heav}
ens skimming the clouds and swaying back and forth like a ship-adored sea.
The hard tree trunk sticks rmly inside the murky water. The tree trunk seems
to hold the whole swamp together. Next to every tree is another, and across
from one tree is another one and behind one tree is another tree. A whole fam}
ily of trees, all the same height all and have the same amount of beauty. Stiff
bark surrounds every inch of the giant tree trunk like scales to a reptile.
Branches dangle from every angle and sway back and forth to the wind. Bright
Figure Tomasapolis.1
Upon this mysteriose swamp the civilization of Tomasapolis is born.
Introduction
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People are children of there environment
-Schinichi Suzuki
CHAPTER 1
3
Modifications
Aqueducts are modications that help people get water from far distances.
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Part 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 geogra}
phy the major challenges Tomasapolis faces in achieving a
basic food and water supply include the following:
Food: The Mossyans live in a
very harsh land, not particu}
larly a perfect farming land,
more of a moist, boggy, soggy and mossy land. It is hard to
nd farming land due to the amount of trees surrounding the
area and the lack of rm soil to farm and till properly. This
handicaps the Mossyans from growing rice and other wheats
Human Changes to the Land
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Chinampas are used to grow crops in dense swamps.
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The peoples good is the highest law
-Cicero
CHAPTER 2
7
Law & Government
A beautiful Roman governement building
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Lessons From the Past
Intro.) Every great civi-
lization has aws, some major and some unethical. For
example the Greeks had ve great city-states, such as
Argos, Corinth, Megara, Sparta
and Athens. Of the ve Sparta
and Athens were the two most
powerful. The reason Sparta and Athens were so pow-
erful was because of their governments.
1.) The Spartan government was an oligarchy, two
Maintaning Civil Order
8
A roman senate discussing maintaning civil order
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As a person believes, so will the person act.
-Sam Harris
CHAPTER 3
17
Belief Systems
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Importance of Belief Sys-
tems
A belief system is important for a successful civiliza-
tion because all people have the right to believe in
what they want, and live by the morals in which they
believe in. Almost every belief sys-
tem such as Buddhism, Confucian-
ism and Hinduism has a list of morals one should live
by, many which include honesty and non-violence. If
there were no belief systems everyone would think that
what they believe in is right and there would be con-
Impact of Belief Systems
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A single idea from the human mind can build cities.
an idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules
- Cobb Inception
CHAPTER 4
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Power of Ideas
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In the late
Middle Ages the
Catholic Church became corrupt, as a result people be-
gan questioning the ideas of the church. The Catholic
Church had great economic and political power during
the Middle Ages because of this the Catholic Church be-
came corrupt.
Many citizens
were noticing how the church ofcials were breaking
their solemn promises to the church like not marrying
or having children. Citizens were also troubled that
church ofcials were trying to get money to support
Controlling Ideas
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The Tomasapolis park where citizens go to think of new ideas based off the arch in the center of the park.
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