Ideas & Culture · 2560 BCE · Turning point
Great Pyramid of Giza Built
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2660 BCE–2460 BCE
The largest of the Giza pyramids defined monumental architecture for every civilization that followed. Its mathematical precision (aligned to cardinal points within fractions of a degree) established geometry and proportion as the foundations of art, influencing everything from Greek temples to Le Corbusier's Modulor.
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