Clay throughout History By jfilm2 25,000 BCE Early use of clay for artistic works www.ancient.eu/pottery 16,000 BCE Clay used for the first pottery dishes - Japan www.quatr.us/arts/pottery 8000 BCE Egyptians begin to fire clay pots www.ancient.eu/pottery 2900 BCE Babylonians begin to make clay pipes for plumbing www.plumbingsupply.com/pmbabylon.html 500 BCE First Roman toilets with running water - Roman Ostia www.phys.org/news/2015-11-toilets-sewers-ancient-roman-sanitation.html 3 Use of clay tablets for writing - Mesopotamia www.thehistoryofbooks.com/Early_Forms.html Jan 1, 1250 Re-introduction of bricks for modern building - Europe www.brickdirectory.co.uk/html/brick_history.html Jan 1, 1850 Mass produced tiles pioneered - Britain www.thewisecollector.com/a-history-of-ceramic-tiles.html Jul 16, 2004 Ceramic based materials used to line space shuttles - USA www.nasa.gov/missions/science/spinoff9_nextel_f.html Period: Apr 7, 2017 to Apr 8, 3000 Future use of clay - who knows
