The History Of Shelter

By dcmq7
  • 6000 BCE

    The First Shelters

    The First Shelters
    the first shelters were primitive usually built out of sticks, rocks, and leaves. These houses were limited to the natural resources around them. They were built around 400,000 B.C.
    https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/evolution-of-shelters/
  • 5500 BCE

    First Permanent Shelters

    First Permanent Shelters
    The first permanent shelters were built around 11,000 years ago by farmers in the middle east. These house could be made of clay, stone, or wood. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/shelter/277027
  • 5000 BCE

    Stone Shelters

    Stone Shelters
    In the stone age people first started to use stone for most things like tools and obviously shelters. For theses shelters they not only used stone but stuck with the thatched roofs. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/evolution-of-shelters/
  • 4000 BCE

    Ancient Village Shelters

    Ancient Village Shelters
    These villages all had similar looking houses and were in a community. A lot of the civilizations were in the valleys of "The Nile River". These houses were mostly made of stone. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/shelter/277027
  • 3500 BCE

    First Cities

    First Cities
    The first cities used the same materials as the time, but were built around one another and established community's. the first of these was in Mesopotamia in 7,500 BCE.
  • 1000 BCE

    Woodland Period

    Woodland Period
    This was the beginning of the woodland period for the Native Americans. This was the time when they started to settle in one spot so their shelters also changed. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/houses-in-early-virginia-indian-society/
  • 5

    Shelters In The Middle Ages

    Shelters In The Middle Ages
    This is the time where kings and queens wanted more, so they built giant castles to live in. The castles would either be where the king and queen lived or the part or a small town. Some of these castles would have walls around them and their civilizations that they encompass, the walls would be made of giant stones to protect the city. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/shelter/277027
  • 1500

    Comfortable shelters

    Comfortable shelters
    By this time shelters were made to be slightly more comfortable. It did this by giving more privacy, a whole bed room plus more rooms, and places for more natural light to get in.https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/shelter/277027
  • Modern Shelters

    Modern Shelters
    We are now caught up to today's world and there are homes old and new all over the market varying in price, size, and location. son now shelters are catered toy your needs with things such as toilets, showers, oven, stove, sinks, rooms, ect. todays shelters are the best the have been and I'm sure they will get better.
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  • The Future

    The Future
    In the future I think everyone would like is a home where you can move the house instead of you needing to get an air BB or some other thing like that. Another thing that could happen is homes come with their own sustainable way of getting power, so no power power outages and no more generator.
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