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Timeline Of Cloth Tents

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300BC- Cloth Tents; the first temporary shelter to ever exist. Used by the Roman Military as a form of shelter when at war.
1597- The first Pre-fabricated homes were built. They were reportedly invented by Akbar of India, and they were the start of the temporary shelter movement.
1627- Francis Bacon experimented with filtration and desalination; and without his work, portable shelters would not be functional.
1601-1700- Steel was in industrial production by this time, and became one of the primary structural building materials in modern day architecture.
1700- The first commercial Pop-Up Shop was actually a kitchen in France, which started the mass trend around the world today.
1769- Without the invention of trucks, portable shelter transportation would not have been possible
1895- The battery became a vital invention for the operation of thousands of tools, and is still used today to power many tools and appliances found in temporary shelters.
1831- The generator was …show more content…

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