A Glass Fact:
The artificial glass was first used to cover the surface of stone or
ceramic beads in 3500 - 3000 BC, Mesopotamia. Later, in 2500 BC, the beads and
amulets were all made of glass. The all-glass pots were first made in the 15th
century BC, again in Mesopotamia. The oldest examples we have from this era
were made for III. Tutmozis in 1470 BC. He brought glass makers to Egypt from
Asia after his invasion of Asia. This was the birth of the first glass industry
in Egypt. They used inner molding technique for glassware production until the
11th century BC. The glass industry in Egypt was interrupted between 11th and
4th centuries BC. After Alexandria was established in 332 BC, glass production
became a dominant industry again. The famous Millefiori bowls became the symbol
of the glorious glassware range produced in Alexandria. It is also known that
there was a considerable glass trade from Egypt to Greece and Italy in the 3rd
century BC and the following centuries.
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