Which ancient civilization first used branded product packaging with standardized symbols to guarantee authenticity and quality to distant customers?

Before modern retail, ancient civilizations developed sophisticated systems for packaging, branding, and distributing goods. From Mesopotamian clay seals that authenticated products to Egyptian papyrus wrappings that preserved cosmetics, packaging design has a history spanning thousands of years. Test your knowledge about how ancient merchants protected, branded, and transported their valuable merchandise across vast trade networks.

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Mesopotamian merchants (3100 BCE) with cylinder seals pressed into clay container seals
Egyptian traders (2500 BCE) with hieroglyphic labels on alabaster containers
Chinese Han Dynasty (200 BCE) with stamped silk wrappings for luxury goods
Roman Empire (100 CE) with maker's marks stamped on amphorae and containers