stJNES5.1: From the Beginning

To Persia and Sumer
From Assyria

We concede defeat and we therefore offer you peace at the current borders.
 
Nice update, Jason. Those Aryans never learn, do they?
 
Sionism

Part One

Introduction

Sionism, the principle relgion of Assyria, and the relgion of all the noble Houses within Assyria, is deeply rooted in Assyrian history

Indeed its message of equality is echoed around the world. For expample the ideal of 'Ying and Yang' in the Chinese region. It has four prinple gods and goddesses.. In fact Sionists attest to feminist-mascauline equality to be an essential part of the relgious dogma.

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Yin and Yang symbol from Chinese Taosits, considerd to be a sister relgion to Sionism

Dieties

There are four principle dieties. There is Shalak, God of War and masculinity, Yeshah, Goddess of Fertility and feminity, Gais, Goddess of Nature and the harvest and finaly Suwein God of Commerce and Progress.

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Pentacle Symbol of Sionism

Shalak the principle male deity is the God of War and mascaulity, It is through this that Assyrians have a large warrior tradition, It is considered and honour to die in the defence of your King and if fighting non-Sionists you will be granted free passage to Nirvana.

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Shalak, God of War and Masculinity

Yeshah, the principle female deity is the Goddess of Fertility and femininity. Known by another name, Venus in the Western nations, she embodies the sacred feminine and the beauty of birth. Therefore Assyrians have large families, and it is considered that infertility is a mark of evil. Women who do not have children cannot be given Nirvana.

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Yeshah, Goddess of Fertility and Femininy, and embodiment of the sacred feminine

Gaia promotes respect of nature and humankind's place within it. Assyrians are among the most environmentally minded in the world, and majority know how to care for the environment and live off the land in survivalist conditions.

Finally there is Suwein god of Commerce and Progress, He looks after merchants and it is attributed to that that the path of the merchant is highly respected in Assyria, particularly in the former Phonecia, now Tyre Province. He also urges Sionists to continue in the progress of their nation and continue the prusuit of knowledge.
 
Sionism

Part Two

The Gujra

The Gujra is the holy scriptures of Sionism, holding detalied accounts of ancient Sionist beliefs, including how the world was formed, and dictates for Sionists to live a life of morality.

Indeed throughout the books of the Gruja (there are 40 books divided into four testaments of around 10 books each) all contian the message that equality and morality are the highest ideals and should be followed by all.

The four testaments each have one diety that it espouses. Indeed, the the testaments are entwined however they each tell the story of the deity that they represent and the stories of how they have guided Sionists throughout history.

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Artists impression on the stronghold of the Gods, and Nirvana

Indeed the most popular story of the Gruja is that of the prophet Niveneh (the city Niveneh was named for his deeds) and how he met with the four great deities atop their stronghold in Northern Assyria. Niveneh returned to the civilised plains of Mespotamia from the mountains of the Hitties with the stone tablets of the Rites of Passage. For more information lookm up Yeshah's Testament, Book of Basra, Chapter 87.

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The prophet Niveneh (which the capital of Assyria is named after), and the stone tablet of the Rites of Passage

The Sionist Commandments

The Sionist Commandments otherwise known as the Rites of Passage, are simple, easy to follow and logical. Indeed it echoes the rest of the relgion's thoughts on equality and morality and therefore many people admire these simple rules as a means to live a more enlightened life. Below we give them in their entirety.

1. Thou must have offspring
2. Thou must serve for thy King.
3. Thou must have respect for the environment.
4. Thou must prusue progress
5. Thou shall not murder
6. Thou shall not steal
7. Thou shall not committ adultery
8. Thou shall honour thy mother and father
9. Thou shall not covet
10. Thou shall be willing to give up your life in the defence of your home.
 
Sionism

Part Three

Holy Places

Valley of the Gods


Situated in the northern Assyria, this valley is considered to be home to the gods, and thus forbiden from human settlement. All four deities are belived to reside here and from this earthly home they guide and look after the Sionists of the world.

The rare specied of lion, known as the Mesopotamian lion has one of its last habitats in this valley and thus many beliieve that the lion is a sacred chosen animal, and therefore to kill a lion is to invite your own death. It is due to this that the lion is a Assyrian national symbol.

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A rare shot of a Mespotamian Lion

Niveneh, City of the Prophet

The seat of Assyrian power, Niveneh, is named after the prophet, and is considered a holy city for being founded by him. Reportedley the god's asked the prophet to construct the great city.

Niveneh today has become that great city and has a high propotion of temples throughout. The City of the Prophet is also the birthplace of Saragon the Great, conqueror of Phonecia, author of the code of laws, father of the modern Assryian nation and reportedly the greatest leader that Assyria has ever had. Indeed the God's vision for a great city of Niveneh will be complet when the Great Port is finnished.

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Niveneh, City of the Prophet

Mount Sion

It is an intriguing fact that Sionism die not orginate in its current stronghold of Assyria, but in what is Judean territory, the Sinai province. This mountain once overshadowed a village by the same name, the birthplace of the Sionist creed and the Sinai peoples soon converted to the relgion, with the village becoming a de facto capital of a Sionist state.

However the Judean King was not kind to Sionism and ordered the destruction of the village, which finally was destroyed after a three year war. Thus the mass exodus began with Sionists leaving Sinai and trampling towards the promised lands of Mespotamia and their racial brothers of Assyria. Fleeing the onslaught of slavery and poverty the Sionists arrived in Assyria and within three generations Assyria had been fully converted to the faith.

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A Panoramic View of Mount Sion in far Eastern Sinai

Great Domed Temple of Niveneh

This great building was constructed when Saragon the Great completed the conquest of Phonecia, at the bequest of the Assyrian people and the Holy Temples of Sionism. It is largely symbolic with its four great spires representing the four deities, and its great dome, still the largest in the known world, representing unity and equality.

It currently houses the leaders of the four deity orders (each of them gives significance to a certain deity) and the current head of Sionist creed as a whole, the High Priestess of Sion.

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The Great Domed Temple of Niveneh
 
ooc: will dig up more later. More or less I was p'offed that I never go to see the effect these stories would of had in stjnes9 and therefore I am using them here to see what they will do!
 
offspring = children
adultery = sleeping with someone not your spouse
 
Sionism strikes back!
 
ooc btw if I never earned anything fromt rade why I lost? this is realy annoying
 
Sionism

Part Four

The Four Festivals and Feasts

As there are four deities, there are four great festivals and feasts, each one dedicated to a particular deity. Unfortuantley space is too small (and I am sure your attention span as well), to go into great detail concerning these here.

Suffice to say each festival/feast has its own traditions and is believed to be the birthday of that deity. Wether it be the Feast of the Sacred Feminine (Yeshah), Feast of Gold (Suwein), Feast of Battle (Shalak) or the Feast of the Harvest (Gaia), all are considered sacred.

What is not known by many non-Sionists is that before a feast day arrives, Sionists will fast for two days consuming nothing but water and bread for the duration. This apparently cleanses the soul in readiness of the great feast, festival and celebration to come.

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Some of the culinary fare on offer at the Feast of the Sacred Feminine

The four festivals also commerate what makes Sionism great, bringing family, friends and the community together, forming close relationships throughout society. This has a number of benefits such as low crime, more interation between generations, and greater comaraderie. Sionism also leads to more co-ordination on the battlefield, as the ideals of equality, unity and even self-sacrafice are embodied throughout the relgion and needed aspects of military life.

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Parade of Assyrian men in tradional battle dress and black war paint celebrating the Festival and Feast of the Battle
 
Sionism

Part Five

Sionist Mythology

The Birth of Humankind


After the creation of the world by the four deities, they set about creating a equal order that the deities had envisioned. It was to be home to, Adamus and Evas children of the gods. Adamus was the result of the marriage of Yeshah and Shalak. Evas daughter to Suiwein and Gaia. Their decendants would inherit this world.

Thus humankind was born, and the sacred act of Heiros Gamos formed, as the decendants of the gods grew in numbers.

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A view of the god's from the Garden of Sion, at the birth of humankind, an artists impression

Destruction of Sion and the great Exodus

The destruction of Sion by Judea was the first tribulation of the children that still resided within the holy garden. The flight of the Sionist people from Sion to their brothers in Assyria was led by the prophet Niveneh. Niveneh the city was constructed at the end of the exodus, and was from here that Sionism spread and became the dominant relgion of Assyria.

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The Exodus from Sion an artists impression

The God's leave Sion

Knowing that Sion had fallen to the godless Jeudeans, the deities left Mount Sion and moved to the Valley of the Gods in Northern Assyria. Not much else to say really.

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The end of Sion an artists impression

The Marriage of Shalak to Yeshah

Shalak the god of the mascauline is married to Yeshah the goddess of the sacred feminine. Indeed these god's are the prefect entombment in the high ideals of Sionism of equality, co-operation and unity. Thus their symbol is the red rose, and the rose is considered the symbol of the next generation.

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Red roses

The Marriage of Gaia to Suwein

The other two deities are also married, however this is more of account that there is only four deities. While Suwein is happy that he attains what he wants in ways of riches, Gaia is sometimes made and punnishes the people through natural acts of fury. These acts of fury are the bane of the Sionists people and thus many offerings are made to Gaia, especially during harvest time or times of adverstiy from the natural realm. Their symbol is the white rose a symbol of prosperity to come.

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White Roses
 
Sionism

Part Six

The Four Orders of Worship

Sionism has foru main orders of priests and priestesses each dedicated to one deity. Interwined, the four heads of the orders form the upper echelons of the faith. Traditionally the Head Priestess of the Order of the Sacred Feminine is also the Head of Sionism worldwide.

The Order of the Sacred Feminine

The Order of the Sacred Feminine is made up of the prisetesses of Yeshah. They are responsible for the hallowed act of Heiros Gamos, and indeed in order to commune with the deities, men will visit a prisetess of this order in the local temple.

These priestesses also serve as midwives in child labour and give assitance to new mothers who are having difficulty carrying out their sacred role of protecting the new generation.

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The Head Priestess of Yeshah, Head of the Order of the Sacred Feminine

The Order of Battle

The Order of Battle is made up of the macrbe priests of Shalak, often seen accompaying a campaigning army. They keep the faith strong within the soldiers of Sionism, and also confort them in the face of giving the ulitmate sacrafice.

Tradiotnally the Head of the Order will eneter into a sacred marriage with the Head Priestess of Yeshah to mirror the marriage of the two deities, and pay homage to the ideals of equality, unity and co-operation.

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Head Priest of Shalak, Head of the Order of Battle

The Order of Nature

The Order of nature usually shuns civilisation as much as possible, to take up contemplation of nature. Many of the priestesses of Gaia are often seen touring the land helping the people to better understand their enviornment.

The Head Priestess is married to the Head Preist of Suwein, once again to mirror the marriage of Gaia and Suwein to each other.

However it is times of natural disaster the order will assit those afected, caring for the people in danger and ensuring that the re-construction of people's lives can once again take place.

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The sacred valley of Nevia, home to many contemplation huts of the Order of Nature
The Order of Gold

The Order of Gold, the prisets of Suwein are often seen maintaing homes, abbeys and monastreys for the destitute and the poverty stricken. They also assit in the upkeep of roads and help lodge travelling merchants. This ensures that these centres always have new faces and thus the priests of Suwein are responsible of recrtuing new followers of the faith, ensuring that the message of Sionism continues.

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A typical Order of Gold facility for merchants in transit accross Assyria
 
Jason The King said:
because your economy became based around trade.
So why would a city in the middle if Italy matter? Trade did no came from there, espaicaly not in the last turn as I started war with everyone around it... If anything the conquest of Sicily should have harmed if I was trade based...
 
Insane_Panda said:
Is my asterik gone because Sparta is no longer in an age of prosperity?
yeah, you gt it from minoa and rhodes, and left them...
 
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