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Civilization's Lego, mortared into place and dared to last a thousand years.
means The craft and resulting structure of laying bricks bonded with mortar into walls, arches, or facades.
from From brick (via Old French brique, a fragment) plus work; bricks themselves date to mud loaves baked in Mesopotamian sun around 7000 BCE.
Bond patternsFlemish, English, stack each shift strength and looks.
FrogThe indent in a brick that grips mortar.
Roman reachTheir fired bricks still standing across three continents.