Excavations of rubble mounds on plains near the Persian Gulf have revealed that the people living there had already learnt how to shape bricks from clay and build houses and temples by 3,100 BC.

从耸立于波斯湾附近的废墟中挖掘出来的文物向我们证明，那里的居民在公元前3100年就已经想到用黏土烧砖并用砖盖房子和庙宇。