Which ancient civilization first used branded pottery as a marketing tool, with makers adding distinctive symbols to identify their workshop's products?

Before digital marketing and modern media, ancient civilizations had their own innovative ways of promoting products and services. From town criers in Mesopotamia to elaborate trade signage in Rome, marketing has ancient roots. This poll tests your knowledge about how ancient merchants and artisans advertised their wares and built their 'brands' thousands of years ago.

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Ancient Greece, where potters like Exekias signed their works and added workshop symbols around 550 BCE
Ancient Egypt, where royal potters marked vessels with pharaonic symbols around 3000 BCE
Mesopotamia, where Sumerian merchants stamped clay pots with cuneiform merchant marks around 4000 BCE
Ancient China, where Zhou Dynasty artisans marked bronze and pottery vessels around 1000 BCE