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    Civil engineering has been practiced since ancient times, with some of the earliest projects including structures like pyramids, bridges, and water systems built by early civilizations. John Smeaton in the 18th century is considered the "Father of Civil Engineering" for coining the term and advancing practices in structures like lighthouses and bridges. Civil engineering evolved as a distinct field in the 18th-19th centuries with the establishment of universities and professional societies focused on its principles and applications.

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    What is Engineering?

    PRE-HISTORIC AND ANCIENT

    • It is the application of science and math to solve • Civil Engineering has been an aspect of life
    problems. since the beginning of human existence.
    • It is the use of scientific principles to design and • The earliest practices of Civil Engineering
    build machines, structures, and other things, may have commenced between 4,000 and
    including bridges, roads, vehicles and buildings. 2,000 B.C.in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
    • The term engineering is derived from the Latin (Ancient Iraq).
    ingenium, meaning “cleverness”, ingeniare, • Transportation became increasingly important
    meaning “to continue, devise”. during this time leading to the development of
    the wheel and sailing.
    What is Civil Engineering?
    Pyramid of Djoser
    • Involves design, contruction and maintenance of
    works such as roads, bridges, and building • Construction of pyramids in Egypt (2700-2500
    • Once considered a science within architecture, BC) might be considered the first instances of
    later evolved as an independent field. large structure construction.
    • Around 2550 BC, Imhotep, built a famous
    What does an Engineer do?
    stepped pyramid for King Djoser located at
    • Design, Evaluate, Develop, Test, Modify, Saqqara Necropolis. His greatest contribution
    Install, Inspect, Recommend and specify to Engineering was discovery of the art of
    materials, Supervise, Conduct Analysis, building with shaped stones.
    Consulting Services, Teach. Qanat Water System
    John Smeaton (June 8,1729- October 28, 1792)
    • An ancient Iranian invention to bring the
    • The “Father of Civil Engineering”- coined the groundwater to the surface using the
    term “Civil Engineering” to distinguish form gravitational force.
    military engineers. • This system is still in use and some of them back
    • Was born in Austhorpe Lodge in the parish of to 3000 years ago. This is the main contribution
    Whitkirk. He is a son of Yorkshire Lawyer. of Iranians to Hydraulic
    • He was responsible for the design of bridges, Parthenon
    canals, harbours and light houses.
    • By Iktinos and Kallikrates in Ancient Greece
    The Eddystone Lighthouse (447-438 BC)
    • Used dovedetailed blocks of Portland stone to • It was dedicated to the Goddess Athena Pallas or
    withstand the pounding of waves. Parthenos (virgin). The temple’s main function
    • This lighthouse remained is use until 1877 when was to shelter the monumental statue of Athena
    the rock underlying the structure’s foundations Building was burned bu the Persians while it
    had begun to erode. was under construction in 480 BC

    The Appian Way

    • The Appian Way by Roman Engineers in Rome


    (,c.312 BC).It is a crucial road for Roman
    Empire.
    • It connected Rome to some of its most distant
    settlement. Originally built by Appius Claudius
    Caecus.
    Great Wall of China

    • With a length of 21,196.18 kilometer.


    • It was built in different areas by different
    dynasties to protect different territorial borders.
    The great wall was built to prevent invasion and
    to protect silk road trade.
    • It was built by soldiers, peasants and rebels.
    The materials are stone, soil, sand and brick.
    The built by hand, rope, cart and goat. The
    height of the great wall is 5-8 meters.
    WHO BUILT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

    • The (Pre-) Warring States Period (770-221


    BC) – A Qi State duke first built walls to
    prevent invasion from other states.
    • The Qin Dynasty(206 BC- 220 AD)- Emperor
    Qin state walls to secure China’s northern
    border.
    • The Han Dynasty(206 BC- 220 AD)- The Han
    Great Wall was extended to protect Sil Road
    Trade.
    • The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)- Most of
    today’s Great Wall was built or restored in the
    Ming Dynasty.
    • The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) – The
    emperors of the Qing Dynasty didn’t build the
    Great Wall and even forbade it.
    • Modern Times- Great Wall reconstruction and
    protection began in 1957.
    Civil Engineering in the 18th -20th Century

    • It was in the 18th century that the term civil


    engineering was firstly used independently from
    the term military engineering.
    • The 1st private college in the United States that
    included Civil Engineering as a separate
    discipline was Norwich University established
    in the year 1819.
    • 19th Century- Civil Engineering societies were
    formed in United States and Europe countries.
    • The number of universities in the world that
    include civil engineering as a discipline have
    increased tremendously during the 19th and the
    20th centuries, indicating the importance of this
    technology

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