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 Quest magazine 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.
