HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

EARLY MAN

• The history of architecture began when we moved out of caves
• Developing tools allowed man to make shelter
• Stones, sticks, mud, hides, and other materials were used

PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

• Stonehenge is more than 5,000 years old
• The largest stone weighs 40 tons
• Some people think it may be a giant astronomical calendar
• Many other large prehistoric monuments exsist

ANCIENT EGYPT

• 3,050-900 BC
• Rulers constructed pyramids, temples, and shrines
• Huge limestone blocks were quarried and drug many miles
• Pyramids were covered in fine white limestone

CLASSICAL

• Greek & Roman 850 BC - 476 AD
• Public buildings and temples were constructed according to precise rules
• Greeks used limestone and marble
• Romans developed concrete

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