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The Fabric and Styles of Sumerian Clothing


September 8th, 2008 by admin

The first Sumerian clothing consisted of sheepskin. This was because sheep was the most domesticated animal with the Sumerians, the first clothes were sheepskin worn furry side inside. Later, they learned the art of weaving and could weave a herringbone pattern on the loom from the start! In ancient Sumerian clothing everybody in Mesopotamia wore [...]

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Hardly Ancient: Sumerian Clothing


August 31st, 2008 by admin

The ancient Mesopotamians or Sumerians were the people who established the world’s first civilization. They made numerous contributions to our present day modern world. Besides creating a city-state, writing system, water clock, wheel, the sailboat; they had also created the twelve month calendar based on lunar cycles. The Sumerian clothing was made of natural resources [...]

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