CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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with stone
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with mud bricks
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with wood
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Nothing. They lived in caves
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mudbrick was made from clay and chopped straw. This mixture was packed into molds and then left in the sun to dry. They used mud plaster for the walls, and mud and poplar for the roof. In the Ubaid period houses would be fire clay pressed into the walls.
Detailed explanation-2: -To make up for a shortage of stones and timber for building houses and temples, the Sumerians created molds for making bricks out of clay, according to Kramer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Building materials included mud bricks held together with plaster made from bitumen or mud. These building materials were available naturally in the area of Sumer, and baking mud bricks in sun was an economical process that did not require as much labor as baking them in ovens.