Rich people in Iraq live two story houses arranged around a courtyard.
400 BCE
People in Greece live in houses of brick and plaster with tiled roofs
1200
Peasants in England live in simple huts of one or two rooms. There are no panes of glass in windows and no chimneys. Rich people live in stone castles.
1540
Life is safer now so rich people live in houses designed for comfort rather than defense. Houses are divided into more rooms so there is more privacy.
Brick or stone houses are becoming common. They are replacing wooden ones.
Victorian gothic style houses are built
Many houses for the workers in the new industrial towns are dreadful.Some houses are back-to-backs.
Many towns are building sewers and piped water supplies. Most homes have gas lighting.
Many towns slums are demolished and replaced by more modern houses.
