World Architecture: A Cross-Culture History by Richard Ingersoll and Spiro Kostof - Essay Example

The author demonstrates the ancient ideologies about the culture which were related to the “Early Stone age”. The author discusses the Stone Age era by shedding light on Neanderthals that coexisted with each other at that time. Furthermore, the author explored the concepts of homosapiens. Homosapiens began to formulate a certain religious behavior. The city of Mesopotamia contained pottery and other artifacts that were made of mud and belonged to temples. Unlike the solidity of the Egyptian tombs, the houses seen in Mesopotamia were made from different materials, were shaped as rectangular mud walls, and were covered with palm trunk roofs.

Another ancient place that the book discusses is the Indus valley, Harapan, Mehrgarh, and Mohenjo-Daro. These areas are considered some of the most ancient civilizations within Pakistan’s territory. The book then moves onto discusses a brief history from the old civilized Rome. Their comprehensive approach to urban architecture helped the empire construct hundreds of cities throughout the Mediterranean. Finally, the book discusses the influence Islam had on the overall architectural design of the globe (Kostof and Ingersoll).