<P> Evidence exists for production of linen cloth in Ancient Egypt in the Neolithic period, c. 5500 BC . Cultivation of domesticated wild flax, probably an import from the Levant, is documented as early as c. 6000 BC . Other bast fibers including rush, reed, palm, and papyrus were used alone or with linen to make rope and other textiles . Evidence for wool production in Egypt is scanty at this period . </P> <P> Spinning techniques included the drop spindle, hand - to - hand spinning, and rolling on the thigh; yarn was also spliced . A horizontal ground loom was used prior to the New Kingdom, when a vertical two - beam loom was introduced, probably from Asia . </P> <P> Linen bandages were used in the burial custom of mummification, and art depicts Egyptian men wearing linen kilts and women in narrow dresses with various forms of shirts and jackets, often of sheer pleated fabric . </P> <P> The earliest evidence of silk production in China was found at the sites of Yangshao culture in Xia, Shanxi, where a cocoon of bombyx mori, the domesticated silkworm, cut in half by a sharp knife is dated to between 5000 and 3000 BC . Fragments of primitive looms are also seen from the sites of Hemudu culture in Yuyao, Zhejiang, dated to about 4000 BC . Scraps of silk were found in a Liangzhu culture site at Qianshanyang in Huzhou, Zhejiang, dating back to 2700 BC . Other fragments have been recovered from royal tombs in the (Shang Dynasty) (c. 1600--c. 1046 BC). </P>

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