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The soap time line

  • The start
    2800 BCE

    The start

    Evidence that soap was made by the Babylonians, Mesopotamian, Romans and ancient Greeks. Soap was created by boiling fats and ashes.
  • Soap like substance
    1500 BCE

    Soap like substance

    Soap was made by the Ancient Egyptians by mixing animal and vegetable oil with alkaline salt which produced a soap like substance.
  • The name "soap" was invented
    600 BCE

    The name "soap" was invented

    The Phoenicians created soap from goat's tallow and wood ashes. The Celts made their soap and called it saipo from which the name soap is derived.
  • Efficiency of the soap

    Efficiency of the soap

    Mr. LeBlanc a Frenchman identified a way to make soap from more ingredients and less expensive.
  • Creation of the soap

    Creation of the soap

    The method of creating modern soap like we use till this day, was identified by another Frenchmen.
  • Different kinds of soaps

    Different kinds of soaps

    Soap became a separate commodity from laundry soap and soap for personal use.
  • Liquid soap

    Liquid soap

    Liquid hand soap was invented.
  • Today

    Today

    Soaps are available for personal commercial and industrial use.