The Map of Ancient Egypt

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The Giza Necropolis is located where you can see the three small triangles that represent the pyramids.

Just under that the great city of Cairo is situated. It has great marvels that changed the direction of Architecture.

The three small rectangles that look like a temple represent the Temple of Ur.

Furthermore the city of Alexandria was also very famous for its Lighthouse and the Great library in later stages. 

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Giza Necropolis

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The Giza pyramids and others are thought to have been constructed to house the remains of the decreased Pharaohs who ruled over the great civilized ancient Egypt. Most construction theories are based on the idea that the pyramids were built by moving huge stones/mud-brick from a quarry and transporting those stones so that they could be lifted and placed into place. The pyramids are made out of mud-brick however was developed and made with stone in later stages. It was constructed so that it has an underground floor to store the tombs and treasure of the Pharaohs to show respect to them. It took 400,000 men 20 years to build.

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Mesopotamian Architecture

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Mesopotamia is an ancient period of architecture which was founded in the 6th century BC around the area of Turkey. Mesopotamia developed the early stages of urban planning, courtyard and ziggurats. It also made mud-brick construction popular, which in later stages was used to build the Great Pyramids of Giza and stadiums such as The Olympic Stadium in Athens. Furthermore they also started using it more to build temples and walls. The Mesopotamian period saw a variety of great walls and beautiful gates that helped develop new structures and ideas in later periods of Architecture. 

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