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| c. 2500 BC |
| | A small neolithic community builds a village at Skara Brae in the Orkneys, of stone houses with built-in stone furniture | |
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| c. 215 BC |
| | The Qin emperor joins up earlier fortifications to create the Great Wall of China | |
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| c. 200 BC |
| | The earth drawings of the Nazca people, known now as the Nazca Lines, are some of the largest works of art ever created | |
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| 1093 |
| | Work begins on a new cathedral in Durham, which will become an outstanding example of Norman (or Romanesque) architecture | |
| | Durham Cathedral Fotofile CG
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| 1175 |
| | The Gothic style is first seen in Britain in the new east end of Canterbury cathedral | |
| | Canterbury Cathedral Fotofile CG
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| c. 1300 |
| | The Early English phase in Gothic architecture gives way to the Decorated style | |
| | Chapter House, Wells Cathedral Fotofile CG
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| c. 1350 |
| | The Perpendicular style develops from the Decorated phase in English Gothic architecture | |
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| c. 1390 |
| | Fan vaulting becomes part of the Gothic tradition, seen to perfection in the cloisters of Gloucester cathedral | |
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| 1514 |
| | Thomas Wolsey begins to build himself a palace at Hampton Court, but will later consider it politic to give it to Henry VIII | |
| | Hampton Court west front, chromolithograph Richmond Local Studies
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| 1599 |
| | The Globe, where many of Shakespeare's plays are first performed, is built on Bankside in London | |
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