2006-10-15 11:15:38 · 11 answers · asked by Diana K 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
no, the babylonians had soap-like substances about 5000 years ago. They actually have evidence of a soap factory and bars of soap in Pompeii from about 80 A.D.
2006-10-15 11:18:53 · answer #1 · answered by danomite664 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Soap has been around for centuries.
I do know that a distant cousin of my great grandmother started the Jergens soap business.
For some interesting reading material on how to make soap, read the first Foxfire books.
2006-10-15 11:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main article: Soapmaking
1922 magazine advertisement for Palmolive SoapThe earliest known evidence of soap use are Babylonian clay cylinders dating from 2800 BC containing a soap-like substance. A formula for soap consisting of water, alkali and cassia oil was written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC.
2006-10-15 11:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, soap has been around longer than the US. The Eqyptians used it. Wikipedia has a large section on soap.
2006-10-15 11:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, you must go to the American Embassy to apply for the US citizenship there in Mexico or Dominican Republic
2016-05-22 04:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, no it wasn't invented by an American
2006-10-15 11:23:01 · answer #6 · answered by smm1974 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
is not nor was not. soap has been around forever.
different civilizations have developed different formulas,
but substances used for cleaning are recorded in ancient
times.
2006-10-15 11:26:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
soap has been around since before america.
you might be thinking of Ivory Soap.
2006-10-15 11:18:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tyler Durden.
2006-10-15 11:22:48 · answer #9 · answered by vintagex50s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No i think you will find that it was invented in one of the Arab States. Sorry to dent your American Ego.
2006-10-15 11:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋