Throughout time, architecture has been such an important aspect of any community’s culture. The origins of architecture begin with very simple ways of having shelter. For example, even before the Mesopotamians early human beings built houses as a way to shelter themselves from the harms of the outside world. The culture of architecture officially began once early humans discovered agriculture, and didn’t have the need to keep traveling in order to follow their food sources; they could now stay in one place. Because humans were now able to stay in one place, they could pay more attention to how they constructed their buildings since they never would have to take them down. As communities grew larger and more complicated, the need for new, different architecture came about. To house larger communities of people, cities needed to be built and then there was the need of having to build up, rather than building wider. Overall, architecture became part of culture and has evolved because of the needs of people. Many of the most well known samples of architecture such as churches and cathedrals were created because of the need of religion. Communities felt the need to have a special place to practice their religion, so churches were built. Without having the need for a place of worship, having the need for able shelters, and the need for many other aspects of life, architecture would never have been constructed into the culture of any given community.
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https://www.msu.edu/~seleznev/The%20beginning%20of%20Architecture.htm
