The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History

The earliest forms of personal dwellings were constructed out of ice, stone, mud, and other materials locally found. Whether a tent or simple dwelling for an ordinary citizen, or a palace for a royal family, each house met the needs of its occupants, and tells us their economic circumstances, community position, and climate. The earliest forms of personal dwellings were constructed out of ice, stone, mud, and other materials locally found. Whether a tent or simple dwelling for an ordinary citizen, or a place for a royal family, each house met the needs of its occupants, and tell us their economic circumstances, community position, and climate. *Arctic igloos *Native American dwellings *Aztec and Incan dwellings *Egypt: Old, Middle, and New Kingdom Houses *Nubian mud houses *China: houses from 1600 to 1027 B.C. *India: houses of the Muguls *Japan: prehistoric and early Japanese house forms *traditional Korean courtyard house *Aboriginal dwellings (Australia) *Britain: Woodhenge, Anglo Saxon villages, rural farms *Switzerland's alpine cabins *Crete: houses of the Minoans *Greece: Mycenae, Greek village architecture through Byzantine and Ottoman influence *Rome: Etruscans, houses during the Roman Empire *Germany's medevial houses *France's Romanesque houses *Mesopotamia *Jordan: houses of Petra *Arabian Gulf: bedouin tents, houses, and palaces *Israel: Jericho & Jerusalem