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10,000 BCE
Primitive communal system
The primitive epoch is the earliest and the most prolonged segment of the history of mankind, stretching "from the separation of man from the animal world to the emergence of class society." According to the archaeological periodization, this corresponds approximately to the Paleolithic. -
2000 BCE
The bronze age
In the Bronze Age, when locating settlements and orienting houses, natural and climatic conditions were taken into account. Settlements were located either under the protection of the mountain slopes, and in the open spaces were built windproof special fences - tysny. The houses were oriented with the end narrower sides towards the prevailing winds. -
1000 BCE
Ancient Egypt
As in many other places, the first dwellings on the territory of Egypt were pits, caves, various canopies of animal skins, structures with wickerwork. Later, a brick dried in the sun began to be used. -
500 BCE
Ancient Greece
About the oldest residential buildings there is quite a bit of archaeological evidence. In part, the idea of a dwelling can be compiled according to descriptions in Homer's poems. The dwelling was closely connected with agriculture; the main part of the house was the courtyard. Also in the complex of the house could include a garden, a garden, a bath, a bathing place. Separately, there was a female half (gineke), which could be located on the second floor. -
900
Ancient Russia
The dwellings of people during this period retain their shape, which came from the past centuries - it is terrestrial or partially buried in the ground houses. In the north, logs serve as the main material of the walls, and skeleton structures with clay are used in the south. The houses were mostly single-room, the location of the hearth was usually determined at the back wall, in the excavated hollows of the floor were made economic vaults.
