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> ziggurats are just an inevitable step in the development of urban architecture (this is definitely untrue). Are you sure? I'm not strongly in one camp or ano
by gota 6y ago
> ziggurats are just an inevitable step in the development of urban architecture (this is definitely untrue).
Are you sure? I'm not strongly in one camp or another, but it seems relatively intuitive that if you are stone age people and want to build something tall, a square-based step-pyramid is the most stable form that can rise relatively fast wrt to the amount of material used and work needed
Of course this only pushes back the question of _why_ did all these people want to build tall things roughly at the same time, but still
- deniscepko2 6y agoi dont know i think your thinking implies years of growing with the same theories, like getting to a point of building with square like objects i dont think its a given
- madaxe_again 6y agoDefensibility. Hill forts have been around as long as settlements. Don’t have a hill? Build one.