Materials · c. 2,500 BCE
Glass
Sand, soda and lime melted into a transparent solid.
Glass beads appear in Mesopotamia around 2500 BCE and core-formed vessels by 1500 BCE. Glass later made lenses, windows, labware and optical fiber.
Materials · c. 2,500 BCE
Sand, soda and lime melted into a transparent solid.
Glass beads appear in Mesopotamia around 2500 BCE and core-formed vessels by 1500 BCE. Glass later made lenses, windows, labware and optical fiber.