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8000 BCE
The neolithic
The Swiss used flax as their first sources fibre since it's wild variety was very abundant. -
6000 BCE
First waving techniques
Early neolithic people started the first waving techniques. -
4000 BCE
The land of linen
Egypt was well known to be as "land of linen' because it was a prime characteristic of Egyptian culture. -
3500 BCE
Karpasa
Records of cotton used as textiles in India "Karpasa" in Sanskrit. -
2700 BCE
The silk empress
Chinese princess Si-ing-chi tale began the silk industry in China. -
2000 BCE
Land of wool
Mesopotamia the first place that sheep were domesticated. -
1500 BCE
The power of purple
Phoenician dye industry created the first colour purple. -
200 BCE
Geometric patterns
Draw-loom pattern techniques were developed in China and Syria -
80
Cotton and roman expansion
Use of cotton to build tents -
500
Buddism
Buddism was introduced to Japan and bought the rank by colour meaning all the people below the rank of prince had to wear certain colours (red) -
Jan 10, 1000
Water power
Water power used to operate a fulling mill in Tuscany -
Mar 7, 1200
English wool
England, the main wool growing country in Europ. -
Jul 16, 1300
The small industrial revolution
The throwing mill in Italy was extremely important technical advance and efficient, the progress hadn't been changed for over 500 years! -
May 5, 1500
Professionalisation of techniques
More than 500 books on dying techniques was published for the first time. -
Mass production
The French invented the simple mass production technique for Draw-loom. -
Rise of the factory
Britain's industrial revolution in textiles, productions shifted from homes to the factory, cotton was the first to industrialise. -
Workers united!
Over 400000 workers stroked all over the US.