Groups of prehistoric hunters gradually learned how to sow crops such as barley and maize and to herd animals, and revolutionary changes in human society began to take place. People started living in settled villages and town in order to tend their fields all year round. In the fertile river valleys of Egypt and Mesopotamia, these communities gradually grew into large, highly organised societies. The first great cities emerged, and government and trade developed.
Why did people build pyramids?
as building skill developed, people created monumental architecture to celebrate their gods and kings. The pyramid shape may have been chosen because it was a very stable structure for a large building. One of the earliest known pyramids is at Ur in Mesopotamia. It is a temple pyramid built around 4000 years ago. The pyramid in ancient Egypt were built to house the tombs of kings and to ease their journey into the afterlife. The burial chamber would be filled with treasure and located in the heart of huge, solid pyramid to deter tomb-robbers. Other civilisations that built temple pyramids were the Mayans (4th-9th centuries) and the Aztecs (14th-15th) centuries in Central America.
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