FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Spain
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China
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India
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Austronesia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Greeks started replacing thatched roofs with tiles of fired clay sometime between 700 and 650 BC. In Britain, the first roof tiles were the clay tiles used by the Romans around 100 AD.
Detailed explanation-2: -Glazed tiles (Chinese: ) have been used in China since the Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC) as a material for roofs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roof tiles are designed mainly to keep out rain, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as terracotta or slate. Modern materials such as concrete, metal and plastic are also used and some clay tiles have a waterproof glaze.
Detailed explanation-4: -It has a history dating back to the Neolithic Age – roughly 10, 000 B.C. – when clay tile was first used for roofing in China and then a short time later, in the Middle East. From these two regions, the use of tile roofing gradually spread throughout Europe, Asia and around the world.