Which ancient civilization pioneered the concept of 'brand seals' as a packaging innovation to guarantee product authenticity and prevent counterfeiting?

The ancient world wasn't just about monuments and warfare - it was also home to sophisticated marketing strategies and retail innovations that would be familiar to modern business people. From branded merchandise in Rome to complex trade networks in Mesopotamia, ancient civilizations pioneered many commercial concepts we still use today. Test your knowledge about how ancient merchants promoted their products and built their brands thousands of years ago!

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Mesopotamia, where merchants stamped clay bullae (seals) on containers to identify the source and quality of goods
Ancient Egypt, where pharaohs required royal cartouches to be impressed on all goods sold in the kingdom
Classical Greece, where city-states implemented pottery marks to track import/export taxes between regions
The Indus Valley Civilization, where soapstone seals were primarily used as quality control for textile exports