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Position:Home>History> Who Invented the Door? When?Question: Who Invented the Door!? When!? I just fumbled with a door because I kina tripped while grabbing to shut it(I didn't end up falling), and thought, "Hey, I wonder who invented that!." You know, the world would be entirely different without doors!. So who came up with such a good invention!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The original "door," in the Germanic languages, of which English is one, was the flap of a tent or a hut!. It was opened by lifting it upward!. In English we say, "Open UP the door," and the Germans say, "machen die Tuer AUF!." ("Auf" means "up," in German!.) The Hebrew letter "Daleth" is related to the word for "door," and the Greek letter "Delta" is derived from its Phoenician cognate!. The letter Delta has the triangle shape of the flap of a tent!. The Delta of the Nile got its name from its triangle shape, and because it's the "door" of the river, which we today call its "mouth!." Since the most primitive people have "doors," in the sense of flaps to their tents, huts or whatever else they may live in, the door in that sense was invented before the coming of any advanced civilization, whether Egyptian, Sumerian or otherwise!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Probably the Egyptians, since they built 'false doors' into the sides of tombs!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Jim Morrison, the idea came to him while lighting a fire!.Www@QuestionHome@Com A cave woman who wanted her man to listen to her not stare outside!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Dorian!. *sly grin*Www@QuestionHome@Com a man with a plank of wood Www@QuestionHome@Com a goatWww@QuestionHome@Com |