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Introduction:-Civilization has brought tremendous changes in the lives of human beings. All things are changing day by day due to the efforts of scientific researches. Among these fabrics are a good example... a dictionary definition of the noun "textile" is a fabric and the definition of the verb "wave" is "to make by crossing threads, strands, strips etc., over and under each other, as in a loom to form a fabric'.(sheila landi1998,-10-11).Fabrics are remarkable and exist in many forms they can be made from a wide range of fibers including: cotton, linen, wool, silk , acrylic and polyester. The processes involved in producing fabrics from these fibers are different, for example: spinning, weaving, weaving, knotting, embroidery, dyeing and printing (foekje boersma 2007). , largest and most global in the world. It is the typical “starter” industry for countries engaged in export-oriented industrialization (Gereffi 2002) and is labour-intensive number of reasons why the textile sector has played such an important role in economic development. The sector absorbs a large number of unskilled labour, usually bringing it from rural farming families to rural areas. Despite relatively low initial investment costs, industry expansion provides a foundation on which to build capital for more technologically demanding businesses in other industries. Throughout ancient times, textile production was practiced at all levels of society and was one of the most labor-intensive activities. -intensive of all occupations. As such, it was an industry of great cultural and social importance and should be taken into account in any balanced assessment of the ancient economy. Ov...... half of the document ......ort Diversification: still a growth path for low-income countries? World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4343 Barber, Elizabeth J. Wayland 1991. Prehistoric Textiles. The development of fabric in the Aeolithic and Bronze Ages. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1999. The mummies of Ürümchi. New York: WW Norton and Company, Inc.Good, Irene 1998. “Tarim Basin Bronze Age Cloth and Clothing: the Chärchän Evidence.” In V. Mair (ed.), The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age People of Eastern Central Asia, Washington, DC, 656-668. The Ecology of Exchange: Textiles from Shahr-I Sokhta,. Eastern Iran. Diss., University of Pennsylvania 2001. “Archaeological Textiles: A Review of Current Research.” Annual Review of Anthropology 30, 209-226Völling, Elisabeth 2008. Textiltechnik im Alten Orient: Rohstoffe und Herstellung.