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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. -
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. -
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
Mr. LeBlanc a Frenchman identified a way to make soap from more ingredients and less expensive. -
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
Soap became a separate commodity from laundry soap and soap for personal use. -
Liquid soap
Liquid hand soap was invented. -
Today
Soaps are available for personal commercial and industrial use.
