Which ancient civilization invented the first labeled product packaging, applying seals to containers that identified the producer, contents, and origin of goods?

Before modern branding and plastic wraps, ancient civilizations developed ingenious methods to package, preserve, and market their goods. From Egyptian alabaster jars for perfumes to Roman amphorae for wine and olive oil, product packaging was both functional and meaningful. Test your knowledge about how our ancestors packaged, branded, and promoted their merchandise in the earliest marketplaces of human civilization!

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Mesopotamians, who stamped clay jar seals indicating contents, merchant name, and city of origin as early as 3000 BCE
Ancient Egyptians, who painted hieroglyphic labels on alabaster containers for cosmetics and perfumes around 2500 BCE
Phoenicians, who developed color-coded wax seals for their traded goods to identify different products and workshops around 1200 BCE
Ancient Chinese, who applied bamboo tags with producer information to silk and spice containers during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE)