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Real estate is as old as humanity

• dragontamer 8y ago
  No. Its only as old as modern society. The idea of a private citizen owning land was not generally accepted in the medieval age of kings. Only lords and other nobility could own land back then. Technically, the king owned the land, and the Lords were simply stewards of the King... probably indirectly (King -> Count -> Lords) Eventually, real estate could be owned by the common peasants and merchants, but that starts to get into modern capitalist style society. For some details, see this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quia_Emptores https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quia_Emptores
  • JumpCrisscross 8y ago
    > Technically, the king owned the land, and the Lords were simply stewards of the King This varies from culture to culture. Romans owned their land. Egyptians did not.