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In societies with permanent settlements i.e. built environment, ideas about time and permanence are deeply present in form of an abstract one-dimensional temporal path in both directions: through the concept of past time and making the world of memories, and also of future time through making the world of aspirations and assumptions. This paper aims to address the question: did the formulation of the concept of time and permanence along with some other concepts set the stage for human cultures to enter into the ar...