[[Image:Egyptian clothes.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Clothes worn in ancient Egypt.]]
[[Image:Egyptian clothes.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Clothes worn in ancient Egypt.]]
[[Image:BablylonianClothes.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Royal garments from ancient Babylon.]]
[[Image:BablylonianClothes.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Royal garments from ancient Babylon.]]
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The very earliest clothes were made of fig leaves<ref>Genesis 3:7</ref>. By the time the Babylonian and Egyptian empires had arisen, elaborate garments existed which demonstrated the wealth and power of the individual wearing them. These garments only existed for kings and other nobles; it is likely that the clothing worn by the everyday man in the street remained unchanged for thousands of years.
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The very earliest clothes were made of fig leaves.<ref>Genesis 3:7</ref> By the time the Babylonian and Egyptian empires had arisen, elaborate garments existed which demonstrated the wealth and power of the individual wearing them. These garments only existed for kings and other nobles; it is likely that the clothing worn by the everyday man in the street remained unchanged for thousands of years.