What is the origin of the name towers?
What is the origin of the name towers? English: variant of Tower , with post-medieval excrescent -s. habitational name for someone from Tours in Indre-et-Loire, northern France, so called from the Gaulish tribal name Turones, of uncertain etymology.
What is the history of towers?
History. Towers have been used by humankind since prehistoric times. The oldest known may be the circular stone tower in walls of Neolithic Jericho (8000 BC). Some of the earliest towers were ziggurats, which existed in Sumerian architecture since the 4th millennium BC.
What is the largest tower in the world?
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Described as both a 'Vertical City' and 'A Living Wonder,' Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building.