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Maybe. Or maybe the existence of huge monuments is a sign that someone was somehow extracting an awful lot of work from other people. Who presumably didn't do
by iguy 7y ago
Maybe.
Or maybe the existence of huge monuments is a sign that someone was somehow extracting an awful lot of work from other people. Who presumably didn't do it just for their own amusement.
Maybe the builders got paid. But if they did, the tax money they got paid with sure didn't reproduce itself spontaneously in the king's basement. More likely the tax collector had some nice men with pointy implements to encourage everyone to file on time.
- folli 7y agoYou don't always need physical pointy implements to achieve this, as a lot of religious buildings in different points in time show. Sometimes the threat of eternal damnation is enough. Remember that the pharaos in ancient Egypt did have a religious significance.