ARTH 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mentuhotep Ii, Thutmose I, Hatshepsut
11 Mar 2016
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Lecture 2: 15/09/2015 the beginning of architecture. The distinction between prehistoric and historic times is the development of the written language. Written language was achieved in 3,500 bce by the sumerians in the present day iraq and iran. Writing first developed as a means of documenting governmental transactions and was later employed for literary purposes, communicating legends, glorious deeds, hopes, and fears of the people. Egypt and mesopotamia was considered the cradles of western history and architecture. The sumerians are credited to forming the first civilization 4,000-2,350 bce. Urban communities developed around religious shrines, leading to the development of monumental temple complexes. Ziggurats: a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Egyptian history is divided into 30 dynasties from ca. Believed strongly in the afterlife where the ka was reunited with the ba to become the. Mastaba earliest tombs, built as eternal households for the departed and based on the dwelling of the living.
