Rising Star Adventures and Beyond

Oct 2023 prep day 17

Oct. 17: - Setting: Cultural Setting ▼
Describe the cultural, political and/or religious setting in your novel, regardless of whether the cultural setting is fictional, historical, or modern.
(1) What do your societies believe?
(2) In what practices do they engage?
(3) What laws or rules of society are in place?
(4) Who/what enforces the laws and rules and how successful are they?
(5) What technologies are in use?
(6) How does the setting impact your protagonist(s) in their pre-story lives?
(7) How does the setting impact the plot of your story?

(1) What do your societies believe?
Wikipedia
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Western culture
Western culture originates from the mixing of Greco-Roman culture, Christian culture and Germanic culture


(2) In what practices do they engage?
https://www.americanyawp.com/text/17-conquering-the-west/

(3) What laws or rules of society are in place?
Law - Wikipedia
OverviewHistoryPhilosophy of lawLegal systemsLegal methodsLegal institutionsAreas of lawIntersection with other fields

The history of law links closely to the development of civilization. Ancient Egyptian law, dating as far back as 3000 BC, was based on the concept of Ma'at and characterised by tradition, rhetorical speech, social equality and impartiality. By the 22nd century BC, the ancient Sumerian ruler Ur-Nammu had formulated the first law code, which consisted of casuistic statements

(4) Who/what enforces the laws and rules and how successful are they?
local sheriff and deputies and federal marshalls

(5) What technologies are in use?
This is before technology.

(6) How does the setting impact your protagonist(s) in their pre-story lives?
Their pre-story life was pretty much the same.

(7) How does the setting impact the plot of your story?
It makes it possible.