Question

Which of the following best explains why architecture was used extensively in both river valley civilizations and classical civilizations?(1 point)
Responses

Governments used architecture to communicate religious messages to citizens.
Governments used architecture to communicate religious messages to citizens.

Massive architectural structures have universal symbolic value.
Massive architectural structures have universal symbolic value.

Massive structures are easy to build.
Massive structures are easy to build.

Massive structures are inexpensive to create and therefore widespread.

Answer 1

Governments used architecture to communicate religious messages to citizens.

Explanation: Rulers and states built temples, pyramids, ziggurats, and monumental civic structures to legitimize authority, promote religious beliefs, and convey political ideology to the population.