A Piece of History – Bringing Tudor Housing to Minecraft

<p align&equals;"left"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;">Since bursting on to our PC&&num;8217&semi;s in 2011&comma; and later gaining even more of a following after launching on consoles in 2013&comma; Minecraft has been nothing short of game-changing&period; It has launched the careers of many YouTube channels&comma; it has become a merchandising juggernaut&comma; and has become the most sold video game of all time&period; Minecraft is a fantastic video game and source of entertainment to millions&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"left"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;">One overlooked aspect of Minecraft&comma; though&comma; is its historical value&period; Over the last few years&comma; more and more stories have emerged of Minecraft being used in schools for all kinds of subjects&period; <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;creeperhost&period;net&sol;blog&sol;how-can-minecraft-be-used-in-the-classroom&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a6ee0&semi;"><u>Creeperhost&period;com<&sol;u><&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;"> has a fantastic breakdown of the game&&num;8217&semi;s uses in all school subjects&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s been used to teach Science through its use of Redstone and geography with its biomes&period; However&comma; we are here to focus on how Minecraft can recreate history in this article&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;images&period;complex&period;com&sol;complex&sol;image&sol;upload&sol;c&lowbar;fill&comma;dpr&lowbar;auto&comma;q&lowbar;90&comma;w&lowbar;920&sol;fl&lowbar;lossy&comma;pg&lowbar;1&sol;ynysy5&fjlig;th1viaxm7wyj&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rome" width&equals;"920" height&equals;"594" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Just one part of Ancient Rome recreated in Minecraft&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"left"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;">Behind its simple look&comma; there is a complex depth to the mechanics of Minecraft&comma; especially with Redstone&period; This has led to some substantial historical recreations being created and also having working public transportations and other features that give life to history&period; One such creation is that of an awe-inspiring recreation of ancient Rome&comma; which you can read more about at <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;complex&period;com&sol;pop-culture&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;this-insane-minecraft-recreation-of-ancient-rome-was-not-build-in-a-day&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a6ee0&semi;"><u>Complex&period;com<&sol;u><&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;"> These recreations are not only educational but are first and foremost fun&excl; Successfully recreating a certain period of history requires you to study both the history of the period and the systems of Minecraft and will end with you creating a truly magnificent creation&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"left"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;">This may leave you wondering&comma; what historical period could I recreate&quest; One period in history that carries a lot of interest&comma; as well as impressive architecture&comma; is that of the Tudor period&period; The most spectacular of historical recreations&comma; however&comma; begin with the simplest of steps&period; Before you can build a city&comma; you need to create a house&period; There are many tutorials on the internet to help you with this&period; Bc-gb&period;com&&num;8217&semi;s <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bc-gb&period;com&sol;blog&sol;13085&sol;a-simple-elegant-minecraft-house-build-tutorial&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1155cc&semi;"><u>Minecraft house tutorial<&sol;u><&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;"> offers a perfect beginning point for this project of recreating a Tudor city&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;SVuEhVijYOo&sol;maxresdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Houses" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A few different styles of houses you can create&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"left"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;">After completing the first step&comma; it is up to you as the architect as to what you do next&period; As I said previously&comma; the fun comes from the research&comma; planning and learning as you go about your recreation&period; If you are lost for inspiration then a quick google search will offer you many more tutorials and ideas to guide you&period; What the final product looks like will ultimately be down to you&comma; but the sense of accomplishment and pride upon completion will be immense&period; You can use your knowledge to create an entirely new place or try your best to recreate a real location from history&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"left"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;">Minecraft is a fantastic game full of unlimited potential and has earned itself a place in the video games Hall of Fame&period; Remember that Minecraft is all about letting you do what you want to do&comma; even if that involves reconstructing the Tower of London while dressing as Master Chief&period; Speaking of which&comma; if dressing as the Chief or other fictional game character sounds like something you want to do then check out our guide on <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;how-download-upload-minecraft-skins&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;4a6ee0&semi;"><u>How to Download and Upload Skins<&sol;u><&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0e101a&semi;">&period; Good look with your creations and get crafting&excl; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;" align&equals;"left"><em>This article contains sponsored links&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;