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HOW HIGH CAN WE BUILD?

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How high can we actually build a standing structure on the surface of the earth?.         So what is a building?. What is a Tower?. What is the difference between them?. A building is a structure with roof and wall standing more or less permanent in one place where people can live and it has to be habitable. Anything less than that is a Tower which is not build to be habitable but to serve other functions.        When the Pyramids of Giza were built in 2560 BC the tallest one was 146.5 meters high making it the tallest thing humans have ever build and they remained like that for nearly 4000 years. It was in 1311 that we were able to build something taller than the Pyramids which was the Lincoln Cathedral in the United Kingdom. After the Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Pyramids, a number of Churches continued to be build that kept breaking and setting new records. The next long-term record holder was the Eiffel Tower . It was the tallest thing ever in histor