If a Building, a Complex of Buildings, or a City

If a building, a complex of buildings, or a city is built as a symbolic representation of the place where the cosmos and time began, then it is sacred and its existence validates the origin myth associated with it. To break the potency of its symbolism and invalidate the origin myth, its conquerors must …

A) sack the city.
B) remove its citizens.
C) destroy and desecrate its sacred elements.
D) purify its barrios.