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Group: Frankish, or Carolingian (Roman) Empire
People: Rowland Hill
Topic: Six Dynasties Period in China
Location: Edinburgh Midlothian United Kingdom

The Sumerians in the fourth millennium BCE …

Years: 3213BCE - 3070BCE

The Sumerians in the fourth millennium BCE develop the interior courtyard, leaving bare the outer walls of the mudbrick courtyard houses; the interior of the enclosure contains a square courtyard.

The use of a courtyard indicates that the Sumerians now consider a house to be a place of privacy as well as of shelter.