CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Tents made from animal hides
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Wood
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Stone
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Sun-dried bricks
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Detailed explanation-1: -An adobe is a natural building material mixed from sand, clay, and straw, dung or other fibrous materials, which is shaped into bricks using frames and dried in the sun. It is similar to cob and mudbrick.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sun dried bricks are formed by packing mud into a form. They are then laid out and left to dry in the sun. The sun is the heat source which dries the bricks. The bricks would harden more in a kiln and thus sun dried bricks are not as durable or as desireable.
Detailed explanation-3: -But even in a dry Middle Eastern climate, sun-dried mud bricks do not usually last. Fired bricks are much more durable-they’re stronger, and waterproof. Making such bricks, by heating clay and sand at a temperature of about 1, 000C, has been possible for many thousands of years-but at a price.