Past history has a huge impact on the future. From the history of ancient art to the present years it is safe to say that art has changed drastically, it shows that people nowadays have different values, styles and priorities in life. The past teaches people about the future and helps avoid mistakes. In the Paleolithic period, in which people focused on hunting and gathering, in which daily life was dynamic, in the sense that they moved from one place to another in search of better resources (Upper Paleolithic, 28), in the Mesopotamian period where things were more certain and people liked to stay in the same place. The Paleolithic period did not consist of writing, which is the main reason why people can only guess and interpret the culture based on their own assumptions, what the society was like back then. After looking at art belonging to the Upper Paleolithic period, Handprint in Pech-Merle, Dordogne, France it can be said with certainty that the artists had a sense of ownership over their art. Several handprints were found in the work, which is common in Paleolithic art (Pech-Merle, 29). Based on different artwork presented in the book and during class lessons it is clear that the social hierarchy was not well defined back then. It seems that people were all doing the same thing collectively as a community, looking for resources to produce food, tools and some art. Rock paintings are a significant source that demonstrates how art was part of the routine of daily life, it was a hunting ritual. According to the textbook “Henri Breuil, believed that such handprints may have been made during the initiation ceremony” (Pech-Merle,30). Perhaps, the handprints on the painting indicated the spiritual connection between the hunter and the animal. In the... center of the card... the temple had four points: North, South, West and East which indicated the relationship with the sky. Only the rich and people who had a powerful position could enter the temple. It is an example of the power structure at its best. The ruler was making rules and other people had to abide by them, no matter what. According to the ruler, the poor were allowed to leave the temple and never enter it (Mesopotamia, 5 February 2014). The earliest surviving ziggurat was in the Uruk period. The White Temple on its ziggurat was made of stone with bricks and asphalt. It adopts its name because of the white walls surrounding the temple (Ziggurats, 55). The temple was a sacred religious place, more important than the ruler's building because it was located in the center of the city. He points out that people in Mesopotamia were extremely religious and obedient.