Iroquois LonghouseIroquois longhouses were found in the area that is now the state of New York. Alonghouse had a framework built of posts and poles and was covered with sheets of bark.Different types of trees were used in various parts of the building.A strong stiff treewould be used for the outer posts.roquois LonghouseIroquois longhouses were found in the area that is now the state of New York. Alonghouse had a framework built of posts and poles and was covered with sheets of bark.Different types of trees were used in various parts of the building. A strong stiff treewould be used for the outer posts.
Evidence suggests that the magnetic compass was invented in China between 221 and 206 B.C. The earliest compasses were not used for navigation, but for fortune-telling. Chinese compasses became navigational orienteering devices between 1040 and 1044 A.D. and were used as maritime navigational devices by 1117 A.D.
No one is sure exactly when and who the compass was invented by. It was supposedly made in the 3rd century BCE though, and was made for the use of Feng Shui practitioners to  â¦ align the forces of the earth to help them maintain balance in their lives, but later became an important navigational tool.he first compass was invented around the year 1044. Modern liquid  magnetic compasses stem from the mariners compass that was invented  in Europe around 1190.