In many ancient civilizations, such as those of Egypt and Mesopotamia, architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural, and many ancient cultures resorted to monumentality in architecture to represent symbolically the political power of the ruler, the ruling elite, or the state itself. COUNT 4
QSN1 What civilizations used the divine and supernatural in their architecture? ANS1 Egypt and Mesopotamia QSN2 What are two examples of past civilizations? ANS2 Egypt and Mesopotamia QSN3 To what did these civilizations have ties that to were shown off by their architecture? ANS3 the divine and the supernatural QSN4 What does architectural monumentality often represent? ANS4 political power