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History of the Jewelery

Nowadays, history of the women indispensable accessories such as ornamet and jewelry, are old as history of the humanity.


In history, very first jeweleries were made of sea shells and animal teeth but in real terms the first jewelry crafting started at Mesopotamia and from then began to spread all over the world.


At the time, when the modern humanity has completed both cultural and biological evolution, 30-40 thousand years before our present day at the last phase of the ice age, one of the very first products of primitive art were the jewelries.


In history, It is believed that the jewleries shaped up with child of art such as dance, music and body decoration. Jewelries which made of sea shells, animal teeth and soft stones were much sensable in both religional and sorcery ways. Mineral processing in the form of jewelry, at the beginning of BC 3000 years, made significant progress in Mesopotamia and Egypt's.


From this region trade relations, diplomatic gifts, invasions and migrations forms of jewelry and jewelry techniques has reached all around the world. Granilation, filigree, casting techniques and ornamental inlays has been developed in Mesopotamia and Egypt, and applied successfully and its using even present day.