The free Internet CT Book version makes a special gift, even more so if you ‘bury’ it with sand in the CT Box, so that it can be unearthed - a homage to the Sumerians and their clay tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh including the world’s oldest extant flood story, which had been covered up for thousands of years:
1. Copy the CT Book
Redesign and customize it as much as you like, even add Civilization Time in your own language.
a) Print on the thickest paper stock possible, laminate or just stick clear tape on it for extra strength and durability.
b) Cut out the tablets - 12 tablets (6 as double-sided) basically they are about 56 mm (H) x 40mm (W)
- keep them tiny in line with the ‘smallest book’ effect, corner bound or tied.
c) For 6 double-sided tablets glue together (page 1 with 2 etc.)
d) Tip: cut them out with a rough effect to make them look ancient.
e) Make the CT box, as ancient looking as possible, see below.
The CT Book Text
Contents:
Tablet 1.
Civilization
Time
Peter Hogan • Tara Hogan
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2.
The shortest
(12 tiny tablets
corner bound)
most succinct
(two words)
most meaningful
book ever published
in the 12,000 year
march of civilization
since the end of the
last ice age.
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3.
[Title Page]
Civilization
Time
Peter Hogan
Tara Hogan
[Your Name]
Our Ancestors
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4.
Copy-me!
The authors Peter & Tara
(6 yo) Hogan waive all
copyrights -
“Civilization Time”
belongs to all of us.
ISBN: 978-0-646-50793-4
1. Civilization. 2. History.
Published 12009 CT
Childmade Books
Just Google us!
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5.
[Dedication]
For Our Children
[ Graphic: Tiny CT tablets
book in palm of 6 yo's hand]
“Selfishness lasts
a day
Civilization endures
forever”
- Unknown Sumerian
Scribe c. 7000CT.
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6.
Foreword
As families all
round the world
reel from the
financial crisis
characterized by
greed and selfishness
it’s timely to unearth
just two words.
Peter & Tara (6yo)
Hogan – 31xii12008
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7.
[Body Text: 2 words in various languages]
Civilization…
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8.
…Time
[The End]
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9.
Credits
The first inventors e.g.
Japan – Jomom pottery;
Sumer – cities, writing
(Gilgamesh Epic)
the wheel, law…;
Egypt – time;
Balkans – copper working;
China – paper, printing,
gunpowder, ice cream!
India – numbering system
(esp 0-1 computers);…
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10.
Notes to New CT-zens
There can be no
copyright on Civilization
Time – feel free to copy,
add your own artistic
expression, market, and
sell our little CT Tablets
meme at a price to make
distribution viable for
you. Add your details to
Tablet 11.
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11.
[Graphic: Un-Earthing Authors]
Founding CT-zens,
Peter & Tara Hogan
(ancestors pioneered
Byron Bay 11882).
And new members:
[Your details here]
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12.
[Back Cover]
The shortest most meaningful
book ever published in the
12000 year march of civilization
[Graphic: Stone clock-like artefact
("C.I.V.I.L.I.Z.A.T.I.O.N." has 12 letters!)]
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2. Make the CT Box
Roughly 65 mm (H) x 50mm (W) – you unearth the tablets buried in sand.
(Can any kids in Iraq send us original Arabian sand!)
CT Book - Box Template
CT Book on Youtube
1. Unearthing the CT Book (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kmiWiLdki4) 16 sec.
2. Tara Designing CT Book (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk0Qp03Vv2Q) 1min 41sec.
When you’re finished your work of art don’t forget to “Post” a picture of your creation for fellow CT-zens to see.
