Fashion and Dress in Mesopotamia clothing, footwear, and accessories was not only functional but defined one's social status and developed from a simple loincloth in the Ubaid Period (c. 5000-4100 BCE) to brightly colored robes and dresses by the time of Sassanian Empire (224-651 CE). Styles changed, but essential form and function remained the same. [image:2457] As in any civilization...