Hittite Figure 2-Hattusha

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us” - Winston Churchill. The first question a child asks in first day of school is “why do we study?” Parents will simply explain how studying helps understand life. It also helps understand one another. Most importantly, it helps learning other’s achievements that were made in the past to help us develop our own ideas and thoughts. Why do we study history? And why is it so important? Professor David Crabtree, professor at Gutenberg College, states, “It has been said that he who controls the past controls the future. Our view of history shapes the way we view the present, and therefore it dictates what answers we offer for existing problems.” Therefore, history is what shaped the past and causes the present and will carry the future to where it will be. History changed the world of architecture. All revolutions, the wars, change of land ownerships and other significant events happened in the past shaped the world of architecture to what it became
-Kapı, Lion Gate According to Module one lecture, the art of the Minoans first appeared in the beginning of the second millennium BCE, when a group of people in the Aegean discovered how to use natural elements to create styles of artifacts using timber, stone, metallic ores and clay. (Page 16)
“There were 3 major palaces: Phaistos in the south, Mallia in the north east, and Knossos in the north central part of the island. In addition, a smaller palace at Zakro, on the eastern tip, has been found. There may also have been a large palace in the northwest, as well as other smaller palaces.” (Lake forest University) Walls and floors were usually painted red as it was the primary color of their era. They decorated the walls with basic geometric designs. In figure 3, it shows the use of red and blue, which are basic colors. (Lake forest