Textile factories among the Sumerians:
Did you know.. that the Sumerians were the first to collect wool and use it to weave fabrics and clothing on an industrial scale?
Other civilizations in the Middle East collected wool and used it to replicate fabrics and clothing, but the Sumerians did so on an industrial scale; They turned their temples into huge factories and formed large labor organizations to manufacture textiles in the form of today's textile mills.
They established industrial workshops that resemble textile factories today, and it is noted that the Sumerians formed major labor organizations to manufacture textiles.
Therefore, the idea of textile factories is considered one of the creative achievements of the Sumerian civilization towards the world
Also one of the features of the Sumerian civilization is the carpet industry, as the rest of the ancient civilizations took this industry from Mesopotamia.
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Source: Inventions of the Sumerians __ Basant Jameel / Al-Youm Al-Sabea
History of the carpet industry in Iraq __ Industrial Research and Development Authority / House of Style and Textile Research / 2018