HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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colorful murals that decorated the outside of buildings
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groups of homes built close together, without streets or sidewalks.
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massive gravesites
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large structures built for specific purposes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Undoubtedly, monumental architecture was constructed for specific purposes. These structures are tangible representations of power that required significant amounts of organization and labor to construct. They were constructed with the intent of drawing attention to their size and design.
Detailed explanation-2: -Monumentality in architecture may be defined as a quality, a spiritual quality inherent in a structure which conveys the feeling of its eternity, that it cannot be added to or changed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Monumental architecture constituted the physical manifestation of the social interdependencies and compromises that ensured the development and survival of the state, and an actualized form of its ideology.