Which ancient civilization first used maker's marks on pottery as an early form of product branding, allowing customers to identify the workshop that produced high-quality ceramic goods?

Before modern marketing strategies, ancient civilizations developed sophisticated branding techniques to distinguish their products in bustling marketplaces. From Mesopotamian merchant seals to Roman manufacturer stamps, product identification and quality assurance have ancient roots. This trivia explores how early civilizations pioneered concepts we now consider fundamental to retail branding and product marketing.

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Ancient Egypt, where pottery marks dating to 3500 BCE identified royal workshop products
Ancient Greece, where potters' signatures and distinctive decorative styles became recognized marks of quality around 700-600 BCE
Mesopotamia, where cuneiform stamps on clay vessels indicated the merchant house around 4000 BCE
Ancient China, where Shang Dynasty artisans (1600-1046 BCE) marked bronze vessels with clan symbols for authentication