{"id":479288,"date":"2026-03-16T22:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479288\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:18:16","slug":"the-earthen-towers-of-shibam-a-vertical-city-in-the-yemeni-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479288\/","title":{"rendered":"The Earthen Towers of Shibam: A Vertical City in the Yemeni Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Symbols of technological development<\/a> and urban density, tall buildings<\/a> as we know them today emerged in the late nineteenth century, particularly in the United States<\/a>, as a response to the rapid expansion<\/a> of urban commerce and the need to grow cities without occupying additional land. The term skyscraper<\/a>, for instance, was coined in the 1880s and originally referred to buildings with around 10 to 20 stories\u2014an impressive height for the time.<\/p>\n

However, the idea of building vertically is much older than the steel-and-glass skyscrapers of modern cities might suggest. Long before the Industrial Revolution, some societies were already experimenting with forms of vertical urbanization as a response to limited space, territorial defense, or environmental adaptation.<\/p>\n

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