Which ancient civilization created the first known retail pricing labels, attaching clay tags to merchandise to indicate fixed prices rather than requiring haggling for every transaction?

Before modern stores and digital marketplaces, ancient civilizations created sophisticated retail systems that shaped economic history. The innovation of standardized marketplaces in ancient societies represented one of humanity's first retail transformations, establishing commercial practices we still recognize today. Test your knowledge about these early retail innovations that laid the foundation for modern commerce!

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Ancient Egypt, where merchants in Alexandria created clay price markers for imported luxury goods
Mesopotamia, where Babylonian merchants tagged items with cuneiform-inscribed clay tablets showing standardized prices
Ancient Rome, where the Forum markets introduced wax tablets listing prices to speed up transactions
Ancient China, where Han Dynasty merchants used bamboo tags with painted price symbols for silk road goods