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| c. 6500 BC |
| | Pottery fragments of this date survive in the neolithic site of Catal Huyuk | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | The treasures found in the royal cemetery at Ur include a depiction of soldiers in copper helmets, armed with battleaxes | |
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| c. 1450 BC |
| | Rich Egyptian households have the latest luxury items, small bottles of coloured glass to hold cosmetics | |
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| c. 1400 BC |
| | China produces superb bronzes, in the ritual vessels for sacrifices to the ancestors | |
| | Shang bronze Fotofile CG
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| c. -850 BC |
| | The technique of glazing pottery is discovered in Mesopotamia, though used at this stage only for decorative purposes | |
| | Glazed Babylonian tiles Fotofile CG
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| c. 600 BC |
| | The swirling decorative lines of Celtic metalwork at Hallstatt begin a tradition which lives on in illuminated manuscripts and stone Celtic crosses | |
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| c. 550 BC |
| | The painters of Greek vases develop the black-figure style, with the scene depicted in black silhouette against a red ground | |
| | Greek vase, black-figure style Fotofile CG
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| c. 500 BC |
| | A Persian rug, woven with a knotted pile, is placed in the tomb of a Scythian chieftain and survives to this day | |
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| c. 500 BC |
| | The secret of lacquer, the sap of a tree which can be hardened by moisture, is discovered in China | |
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| c. 500 BC |
| | The new and more sophisticated fashion in Greek vases is the red-figure style | |
| | Greek vase, red-figure style Fotofile CG
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