generate questions: In many ancient civilizations, such as those of Egypt and Mesopotamia, architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural, and many ancient cultures resorted to monumentality in architecture to represent symbolically the political power of the ruler, the ruling elite, or the state itself.
What civilizations used the divine and supernatural in their architecture? {sep_token} What are two examples of past civilizations? {sep_token} To what did these civilizations have ties that to were shown off by their architecture? {sep_token} What does architectural monumentality often represent? {sep_token}