When sewing needles were high tech
I've got a new (academic) blog post up over on Alexandra Makin's site on Early Medieval (mostly) Textiles: When Sewing Needles were high tech: Women and Work in the Early Middle Ages [...]
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06, 2017
History of sheep – Ancient sheep and goats
History of sheep: Scythian man milking a sheep (Ukraine, 400 BC) Why are sheep important? Sheep are an important part of the economy of North Africa, Europe, and West Asia [...]
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06, 2017
What is silk? Ancient Chinese clothing
Silkworms and silk history Silkworms make silk People make silk from the cocoons of silkworms. Have you ever seen a butterfly cocoon? It is just like that. You have to [...]
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06, 2017
Steel needles and sewing machines – History of clothing
Early thimble-ring from Han Dynasty China (200 BC-200 AD) During the Han Dynasty, about 200 BC, Chinese blacksmiths started to make sharp, thin steel needles (this is about 100 years [...]
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06, 2017
Who invented sewing? History of clothing
Sewing history: A Neanderthal stone awl Clothes before sewing When people first started to wear clothing, about 60,000 years ago, they didn't sew it at all: they just wrapped leather [...]
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06, 2017
What did people wear? The history of clothing
History of clothing: Venus of Lespugue, ca. 25000 BC, now in the Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, wearing a grass or string skirt The first clothing Clothing was very expensive [...]
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06, 2017
Ancient China’s Economy and Trade
Ancient China trade: Rice paddy with a Chinese man planting rice Farming in Ancient China In China, as in West Asia, India, or Africa, most people have spent most of [...]
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06, 2017
Sewing, wheels, and steel – Central Asian science
Central Asian science: A clay pot with a drawing of a wheeled cart from what is now Poland, about 3500 BC What was invented in Central Asia? Many of the [...]
