The ancient Mesopotamians or Sumerians were the people who established the worlds first civilization. They made numerous contributions to our present day modern world. Besides creating a city-state, writing system, water clock, wheel, the sailboat; they had also created the twelve month calendar based on lunar cycles.
The Sumerian clothing was made of natural resources available to them. They could raise sheep and the flax plant so mostly clothes were made of wool and flax stem. The clothes were heavier or coarser depending on whether it was the summer or the winter season. Men would remain bare-chested and wore skirts that could be tied at the waist. Women usually wore gowns covering them from the shoulders to their ankles. The right arm and shoulder would be left uncovered. The style of clothing would be the same for the poor and the rich; the fabric used for the wealthier Sumerians would be expensive and luxurious. Wealthy women and princesses clothing would be bright and colorful.
The first Sumerian clothing consisted of sheepskin. This was because sheep was the most domesticated animal with the Sumerians, the first clothes were sheepskin worn furry side inside. Later, they learned the art of weaving and could weave a herringbone pattern on the loom from the start! In ancient Sumerian clothing everybody in Mesopotamia wore tunics; some were worn all the way down to the ankles. Wealthier people wound a rectangular cloth with fringes over the tunic. Sometimes it was also fringed at the edges and had tassels. A Candys or cape was worn around the shoulders or the waist.