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An Article about History Of Bricks
is in page no 44 of knowledge quest
knowledge quest Bricks
are in use as a
building material for thousands of years.
The first brick was probably made in the Middle East, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
knowledge quest in what is now Iraq. The oldest
shaped bricks found date back to 7,500 about 500 year old St. Martin's
Church in Germany is the world's highest
brick tower with a height of 130.6 meters Knowledge Questmagazine Because
of lack of stone in this region the early builders
here relied on the abundant natural materials to make
their sun-baked bricks The Babylonians, who later
dominated Mesopotamia, Knowledge Quest
magazine were the first to fire bricks, from which
many of their tower-temples
were constructed. The Ancient Egyptians and
the Indus Valley Civilization also used mudbrick extensively, knowledge quest journal as can
be seen in the ruins of Buhen, Mohen-jo-daro and Harappa, for example. From the Middle East the art of brickmaking spread west to what is now Egypt and east to Persia and India.
knowledge quest journal Although the Greeks having
a plentiful supply of stone, did not use much brick, evidence of brick kilns
and structures remains throughout
the Romar_ Empire.

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