Which ancient civilization pioneered the concept of 'brand marking' by requiring craftsmen to stamp or inscribe their personal symbols on products as a guarantee of quality?

Before modern retail and digital marketing, ancient civilizations had their own sophisticated methods of product promotion and marketplace strategies. Their techniques for building brand loyalty, creating distinctive trade symbols, and marketing luxury goods across vast empires were remarkably effective despite limited technology. Test your knowledge about how the ancients handled what we now call 'product management' and 'retail strategies' in the bustling marketplaces of antiquity.

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Ancient Rome, where the 'Sigillum Artifex' (Craftsman's Seal) was legally required on pottery, metalwork and textiles
Ancient Egypt, where royal cartouches served as the first product endorsements for goods used by the pharaoh
Ancient China, where the imperial court developed the 'Merchant Registry System' to certify quality products
Ancient Greece, where the Agora marketplace required identity symbols on amphoras to track merchant reputation