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Title: Civil Engineering and it's history
Description: It contains brief history about civil engineering
Description: It contains brief history about civil engineering
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Civil Engineering and its History
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the
planning, design, construction, and maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges,
tunnels, canals, dams, airports, water supply, sewage systems, pipelines,
structural components of buildings, harbour, and railways
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It is considered as the second oldest engineering discipline after
military engineering
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So somehow, we could say that
civil engineering is the key to today’s civilization and modern lifestyle
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Civil Engineering has been an aspect of
life since the beginnings of human existence
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The construction of
Pyramids in Egypt (circa 2700-2500 BC) might be considered the first instances
of large structure constructions
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220
BC) Julius Caesar's Bridge over the Rhine River built in 55 BC, Taj Mahal
(Agra), Red fort (Delhi), Golden Temple (Amritsar), Hawa Mahal ( Jaipur),
Ellora Caves (Nasik), Guruvayoor Sri Krishna Temple (Kerala), Maha Buddha
Temple (Gaya), Malankara Orthodox Church (Kerala), Machu Picchu, Peru, built
at around 1450, is considered as an engineering marvel
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In the earliest
period, the construction of structures were done using mud, stone and lime
mortar
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Because civil engineering is a broad
profession, including several specialized sub-disciplines, its history is intricately
linked to advances in the understanding of physics and mathematics and to the
knowledge of structures, materials science, geography, geology, soils, hydrology,
environmental science, mechanics, project management, and other fields
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Civil Engineering has been an aspect of
life since the beginnings of human existence
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Italy was carried
out by the local artisans with their traditional knowledge and experience
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The earliest practices of Civil engineering may have commenced between 4000
and 2000 BC in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq) when humans
started to abandon a nomadic existence, thus causing a need for the construction
of shelter
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Throughout ancient and medieval
history most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans,
such as stonemasons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder
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Title: Civil Engineering and it's history
Description: It contains brief history about civil engineering
Description: It contains brief history about civil engineering