Ngosuku olunelanga esikhathini eside edlule, umkhumbi omkhulu womthengisi waseFenike wafika emlonyeni woMfula i-Belus ogwini loLwandle iMedithera. Umkhumbi wawugcwele amakristalu amaningi kasoda wemvelo. Ngokuvamile kwe-EBB nokugeleza kolwandle lapha, iqembu lalingaqinisekile. I-Mastery. Umkhumbi wagijima wasola lapho kufika esikhwameni esihle esingekude nomlomo womfula.
AbaseFenike ababhajwe esikebheni bavele bagxumela esikebheni esikhulu bagijimela kule sandsabar enhle. I-sandbar igcwele isihlabathi esithambile nesinempilo, kepha awekho amadwala angasekela imbiza. Othile wakhumbula ngokungazelelwe kusoda we-Crystal Crystal esikebheni, ngakho-ke wonke umuntu wasebenza ngokubambisana, washukumisa inqwaba yezicucwana ukwakha imbiza, wabe esebeka izinkuni zokushisa zavutha. Isidlo sase sikulungele kungekudala. Lapho bepakisha izitsha futhi bekulungele ukubuyela esikebheni, ngokuzumayo bathola into emangalisayo: ngabona okuthile okukhazimulayo nokukhanya esihlabathini ngaphansi kwebhodwe, elalihle kakhulu. Wonke umuntu wayengakwazi lokhu. Kuyini, bengicabanga ukuthi ngithole ingcebo, ngakho-ke ngakubeka kude. Eqinisweni, lapho umlilo ubupheke, i-soda block exhasa imbiza iphendulwa ngesihlabathi se-quartz emhlabathini ekushiseni okuphezulu, yakha ingilazi.
Ngemuva kokuthi abaseFetonicia abahlakaniphile bathole le mfihlo ngengozi, basheshe bafunde ukuthi bangayenza kanjani. Baqale bavusa isihlabathi se-quartz kanye ne-soda yemvelo ndawonye, base bebahlelela esithandweni esikhethekile, base benza ingilazi ibe ngosayizi omkhulu. Ubuhlalu obuncane bengilazi. Lokhu ubuhlalu obuhle kwathandwa ngokushesha nabezinye izizwe, futhi abanye abantu abacebile baze bawashintshanisa ngegolide nobucwebecwebe, futhi abaseFenike banenhlanhla.
Eqinisweni, amaMesopotamiya ayekhiqiza i-glasswarware elula ekuqaleni kuka-2000 BC, futhi ingilazi yangempela yavela eGibhithe ngo-1500 BC. Kusukela ngekhulu lama-9 BC, ukukhiqizwa kwengilazi kuyachuma usuku nosuku. Ngaphambi kwekhulu le-6 ad, kwakukhona amafektri engilazi eRhode naseCyprus. Idolobha lase-Alexandria, elakhiwe ngo-332 BC, laliwumuzi obalulekile wokukhiqizwa kwengilazi ngaleso sikhathi.
Kusukela ngekhulu lesi-7, amanye amazwe ama-Arab anjengeMesophothamiya, iPheresiya, iGibhithe neSyria achuma ekwakheni ingilazi. Bakwazi ukusebenzisa ingilazi ecacile noma ingilazi enamabala ukwenza amalambu ama-mosque.
E-Europe, ukukhiqizwa kwengilazi kwavela sekwephuzile. Ngaphambi kwekhulu le-18, abaseYurophu bathenga i-glassware ebangeni eliphakeme eVenice. Lesi simo saba ngcono nge-European Ravenscroft yasungulwa obala ingilazi ye-aluminium kancane kancane yashintsha kancane kancane, futhi imboni yokukhiqiza ingilazi yachuma eYurophu.
Isikhathi Sokuthumela: APR-01-2023