The purpose of the carvings on Egyptian temples and tombs were both religious and political.

In Islamic Architecture this culture developed complicated cisterns which were used to store wine. 

Most Archaic Greek Temples most often were rectilinear in plan.

Most Archaic Greek Temples most often were rectilinear in plan.

Minoan columns were: 

The Opus Reticulatum was use by the Greeks to build buildings.  

The Alhambra in Granada, Spain built in the 13th and 14th centuries showed the Muslim fascination with pattering that takes on a three-dimensional form in muqarnas vaults.

The ancient Romans used the raw ingredient pozzolana to make cement in Italy because it was available there. 

All Mycenaean Civilization City States 1400–1100 BCE were a unified nation under one king. 

In the Gothic Period the cathedrals used barrel vaults instead of ribbed vaults because they were too hard to build.