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sbrylski · 11-04-2009, 03:39 PM

The next 300 years were, in general, a time of growth. We made great intellectual strides in mathematics, and established a structured and official currency system. By 340 CE, we had also developed an official code of laws in order to, as Hammurabi would put it, "bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, so that the strong should not harm the weak." In reality, however, our system of law led to a more class-divided, caste society. Nearly all of the upper class now simply pursued lives as great merchant tradesmen, well funded research scientists, religious officers, or simply lives of leisure. This was most prevalent in Durnovaria, which was home to a large portion of the upper class - most of whom still resided along the east coast.

Durnovaria reached a population of 469,000 in 565 BCE, and in that year completed the grandest library center in the known world, named simply as the Great Library. More scientists than ever could study there at the city, with its largest collection of information in the world. Its construction resulted in an intellectual boom. You can see the Great Library in the image of the city below - it is the westernmost building with the grand red roof.

Durnovaria Completes Great Library in 565 CE

Throughout the rest of the world during this time period, there was a bit of religious change. Confucianism, founded in the Ethiopian city of Gondar, spread quite rapidly through the three nations to my northwest. China, who's people had been halfheartedly Jewish for much of history, embraced the new religious system and officially adopted it in 235 CE. But the Greeks beat them to the punch, finally opting to control the formerly pagan religious attitudes of their people, and officially endorsed it in 205 CE. So the world now had three major religions:

Confucianism: *Ethiopia, China, Greece
Hinduism: *Egypt, India
Buddhism: *Spain, Rome, Celtia
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Judaism and Christianity, at least at this point in history, are the other two religions practiced. Judasim, as mentioned, is mainly celebrated lightly in the far northwest, in China, despite being founded in an Egyptian city. Christianity is much closer to home - actually being practiced on the Celtic mainland. Founded in a Spanish city in the islands south of Durnovaria (near Calleva), it spread north along the shore to Calleva, Durnovaria, and Bibracte. The mainland cities countered this movement by constructing Buddhist temples and monasteries, but Calleva's people have embraced the faith as their primary religion. Camulodunon and Vandal still cling to their pagan rituals, even despite a Spanish sponsored attempt to spread the Buddhist faith. Their missionaries failed miserably, but word of their passion must have struck a chord in Eblana, where devotion to Buddhism has sprung up.

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sbrylski Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 331 Thanks: 6 Thanked 13x in 9 posts	The next 300 years were, in general, a time of growth. We made great intellectual strides in mathematics, and established a structured and official currency system. By 340 CE, we had also developed an official code of laws in order to, as Hammurabi would put it, "bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, so that the strong should not harm the weak." In reality, however, our system of law led to a more class-divided, caste society. Nearly all of the upper class now simply pursued lives as great merchant tradesmen, well funded research scientists, religious officers, or simply lives of leisure. This was most prevalent in Durnovaria, which was home to a large portion of the upper class - most of whom still resided along the east coast. Durnovaria reached a population of 469,000 in 565 BCE, and in that year completed the grandest library center in the known world, named simply as the Great Library. More scientists than ever could study there at the city, with its largest collection of information in the world. Its construction resulted in an intellectual boom. You can see the Great Library in the image of the city below - it is the westernmost building with the grand red roof. Durnovaria Completes Great Library in 565 CE Throughout the rest of the world during this time period, there was a bit of religious change. Confucianism, founded in the Ethiopian city of Gondar, spread quite rapidly through the three nations to my northwest. China, who's people had been halfheartedly Jewish for much of history, embraced the new religious system and officially adopted it in 235 CE. But the Greeks beat them to the punch, finally opting to control the formerly pagan religious attitudes of their people, and officially endorsed it in 205 CE. So the world now had three major religions: Confucianism: Ethiopia, China, Greece Hinduism:* Egypt, India Buddhism:* Spain, Rome, Celtia Founder Judaism and Christianity, at least at this point in history, are the other two religions practiced. Judasim, as mentioned, is mainly celebrated lightly in the far northwest, in China, despite being founded in an Egyptian city. Christianity is much closer to home - actually being practiced on the Celtic mainland. Founded in a Spanish city in the islands south of Durnovaria (near Calleva), it spread north along the shore to Calleva, Durnovaria, and Bibracte. The mainland cities countered this movement by constructing Buddhist temples and monasteries, but Calleva's people have embraced the faith as their primary religion. Camulodunon and Vandal still cling to their pagan rituals, even despite a Spanish sponsored attempt to spread the Buddhist faith. Their missionaries failed miserably, but word of their passion must have struck a chord in Eblana, where devotion to Buddhism has sprung up. __________________ The International Baseball Association - A Quick-Start League Last edited by sbrylski; 11-04-2009 at 03:44 PM.