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  2. Mudbrick - Wikipedia

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    Choqa Zanbil, a 13th-century BCE ziggurat in Iran, is similarly constructed from clay bricks combined with burnt bricks. [1] Mudbrick or mud-brick, also known as unfired brick, is an air-dried brick, made of a mixture of mud (containing loam, clay, sand and water) mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw. Mudbricks are known ...

  3. Mish Mish, Akkar District - Wikipedia

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    A few of the original mud brick homes are still standing near the village mosque. The village has seen many foreign occupiers pass through its lands such as the Crusaders, Ottoman Turks and the French colonial forces. Reminders of the area's past still exist in ruins around Mish Mish including road directions carved into rock, dirt roads used ...

  4. Adobe - Wikipedia

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    Bricks made from adobe are usually made by pressing the mud mixture into an open timber frame. In North America, the brick is typically about 25 by 36 cm (10 by 14 in) in size. The mixture is molded into the frame, which is removed after initial setting. After drying for a few hours, the bricks are turned on edge to finish drying.

  5. African round hut - Wikipedia

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    The huts can be built using mud, cow spillings, bricks or grass in some cases. A new mud hut will last 1-2 years, depending on the amount of rain and erosion. The huts were built so they could be loosely clustered around open spaces, which provided ventilation and breezes, in order to provide comfort in the warm conditions of the tropics.

  6. Shibam - Wikipedia

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    The mud bricks used in building the towers Shibam, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site , is known for its distinct architecture. The houses of Shibam are all made out of mudbrick, and about 500 of them are tower blocks , which rise 5 to 11 stories high, [ 14 ] with each floor having one or two rooms. [ 15 ]

  7. Morocco's mud brick housing makes hunt for earthquake ... - AOL

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    AMIZMIZ, Morocco (Reuters) -Rescuers digging through the rubble after Morocco's deadly earthquake warned on Monday that the traditional mud brick, stone and rough wood housing ubiquitous in the ...

  8. Gwadar Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The local life in Omani Gwadar was mainly around fishing, trade, and agriculture, with the Baluchi tribes forming the primary community, living in a mix of traditional mud-brick homes, and relying on the sea for their livelihood, while also engaging in regional commerce that connected them to Oman, India, and East Africa.

  9. Songhai architecture - Wikipedia

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    A typical rural Songhai house is either round with mud walls or rectangular with walls made of sun-dried mud bricks, often featuring thatched roofs. The Songhai predominantly reside in houses within walled or fenced enclosures, which usually include a main house for the husband and smaller dwellings for each of his wives and their children.

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