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18.03.2020 08:19 •  Английский язык

Составить 10 вопросов на английском языке по тексту : History of the houses can be divided into some stages, such as primitive houses, Egypt period, Greek period, Roman period, etc. First people lived in caves, tents, huts or earthen houses. Basic building materials were wood and stone. An important peculiarity of Egyptian houses was a flat roof. Egyptians built many monuments, sphinxes, pyramids and columns. Construction required many workers, large expenses and a lot of time.
Парфенон Egyptian pyramids Greek improved Egypt’s architecture. The roofs of their houses were slanting. Romans made architecture more various and beautiful. They decorated their houses improving columns and arches. In the Middle Ages in Europe many castled and fortresses were built. They defended population from enemy. There were many different styles or kinds of architecture in the past and there are many different styles today in various parts of the world. The older monuments which are met within architecture are the colossal pyramids of Egypt most of which were constructed about 6000 years ago. The pyramids are large triangular buildings which were placed over the tombs of Egyptian kinds. The pyramids tell us about the advanced civilization of ancient Egypt which is much spoken about even in our days. It was a country which had expert mathematicians and engineers, where astronomy and philosophy were known and studied.The country was rich in hard and durable stone, but poor in timber and metal, so that the main material used for construction was granite, and this was the reason for the durability of the pyramids. Large blocks of stone were transported over long distances by land and water, and placed into position with the help of the most primitive equipment. That was done by slaves working for thirty or forty years. All this great amount of work was done, masses of material and a large territory sometimes of about 52000 square meters were used only for protecting the body of a dead king and constructing a dwelling place for his happy life in the «other world». Rome The Romans took nearly all the architectural ideas and decorative motifs of Greek buildings. As builders and creators of great arches and domes, the Romans developed their own distinctive style. As constructional engineers they surpassed the Greeks. Greek domestic architecture was based on the simples: a square room with a fireplace in the middle, a smaller undecorated structure in front, a colonnaded courtyard leading off to rooms without windows. Roman architects had a considerable range of building types to erect: temples, huge meeting halls, theatres, palaces, aqueducts and baths. The arch was the universal motif used for the most insignificant doorway and for great triumphal arches commemorating major political events alike. In Roman times, any large-scale public building – public concourse, covered market or warehouse was called a basilica. Today the work is used only for a certain kind of church, the interior of which is split into three of five naves with rows of supporting columns. The side naves are always lower than the main central ones.​