{"id":23411,"date":"2024-02-14T01:38:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T06:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/?page_id=23411"},"modified":"2024-02-14T18:36:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T23:36:48","slug":"history-of-luggage-suitcases-trunks-and-backpacks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/traveling-cook.com\/tsa-rules-2020\/history-of-luggage-suitcases-trunks-and-backpacks\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Luggage, Suitcases, Trunks and Backpacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egypt<\/a> \u00a0+\u00a0 Ancient Greece\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0+\u00a0 Roman Empire<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0Middle Ages<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0 Modern<\/a>\u00a0 +\u00a0 \u00a0XXs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The ancient Egyptians<\/strong> around the year 1500 BC are considered the inventors of Luggage.\u00a0 For their trips they used chests and trunks that evolved into primitive suitcases<\/strong> made of fine wood and covered with animal fat or leather<\/strong> to make them waterproof.<\/span><\/p>\n The transfers were not for reasons of pleasure but religious or State<\/strong>, although not exempt from some scientific purpose. The luggage was very heavy. Heavy trunks<\/strong> and chests on carts with blood traction, which prevented them from moving quickly and agile.<\/span><\/p>\n Soon the need was seen to exchange his heavy luggage<\/strong> for lighter ones. The first luggage<\/em> and predecessor of the suitcase<\/strong>, was the skin of an animal sewn. The saddlebags that were thrown on the shoulders or on the horses that hung on both sides of the back of the horse or mule.<\/span><\/p>\n The 5th century BC Greek historian Herodotus<\/strong> recounts that the Assyrians carried items in a baggy case hanging from their waists. When the use of currency spread around that time, the tie-neck bag was invented.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ancient Greeks<\/strong> inherited the Egyptian trunks made of light wood. covered with leather smeared with animal fat from the Egyptians. The Greeks painted the trunks and made them smaller to adapt them to both tourism and military expeditions. I call this new size chest. Keep in mind that trunks were used well into the 20th century.<\/span><\/p>\n The Greeks called birsa a kind of bag or skin<\/strong> made of leather that used to serve as a travel bag. It was small, no more than a foot long and a little less wide. The ancient Greeks<\/em> liked to perfume themselves with various oils and essences<\/em>, and quite often they bathed and shaved. All the elements were kept in a bag<\/strong> or birsa.<\/span><\/p>\n For purposes of military or tourist transfer, bags and backpacks were more used. They were to transport the essential and necessary. See history of tourism in ancient Greece<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Romans Latinized the name of the bag griefa and called it bursa<\/strong>. They also gave it the same use. Women, men and even children carried their personal effects in them. The poor people used as a bag a scrap of cloth<\/strong>, a piece of old cloth or a handkerchief with which they improvised a bundle that they tied to the wrist or hung from the neck. This primitive bag<\/strong> was an essential item for an important and obvious reason: until the 16th century,<\/a> clothing did not have a pocket and that need had to be alleviated.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The leather bag, first and then cloth, was used to carry small essentials: coins<\/a>, cosmetics, combs, keys. The bag used to be worn hanging from the belt or tied to the necklace hanging over the chest, if its content was not very heavy. However, the Romans preferred to set keys, tweezers, jewelry, etc. on a chain around his neck.<\/span><\/p>\n In the Middle Ages<\/strong>, bag sellers belonged to the same guild as porters: both made the same thing and used deerskin or sow’s udder for bags and suitcases destined for humble people. See history of tourism in ancient Rome<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The ancient Romans revolutionized luggage, especially in the military, thanks to the reforms of Mario. The sarcina, personal luggage<\/strong> of the Roman soldier.<\/span><\/p>\n General Cayo Mario<\/strong> in his reforms introduced the norm that the soldiers, to increase the mobility of the army and gain speed, would carry a large part of their rations and equipment themselves. Such was the burden of the soldiers who became known as Marius’s mules.<\/span><\/p>\n Each legion<\/a>\u00a0 had a convoy with the equipment of some 500 to 550 mules (one mule for every 10 legionnaires). To prevent these convoys from becoming too large, Mario had his men carry as much equipment as they could, including his armor, weapons, and 15 days’ rations. To facilitate this, he gave each legionnaire a crossed staff to carry the load on his shoulders.<\/span><\/p>\n A typical legion of this period had about 4,000 to 5,000 legionnaires. Legions could have up to 6,000 soldiers divided into cohorts, although later in history the size was reduced to 1,000 to increase mobility.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks to Trajan’s column we can know the appearance of the marching suitcase<\/a> or sarcina<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n In Trajan’s column<\/strong>, various types of bags appear at the top of the column. A small bag (pear), probably made of leather, must have contained the personal effects of the soldier (razor, knife, spoon, oil lamp, money, etc.), but also some of the rations that do not fit in the net provision and that they fear bad weather – beans, cheese (caesus)<\/em>, salt to avoid dehydration, etc.-.<\/span><\/p>\n The large bag (mantica)<\/strong>, comparable in shape to a sailor’s bag, is more likely to contain spare clothing (tunics, shoes, etc.) or small tools.<\/span><\/p>\n The sarcinas hang from a furca (wooden stick)<\/strong>. The package must allow the legionnaire to be as autonomous as possible. He must take food and drink for a few days, spare clothes and all the utensils that will allow him to dig and build the fortifications of the camp.<\/span><\/p>\n In the package or bag, the soldier must have objects that allow him to cook because at that time there is no general dining room. He must have a bronze or wooden frying pan (patera)<\/strong> to serve as a plate and to make his bread (panis)<\/strong> or hard biscuits (buccelatum)<\/strong> from his ration of wheat (frumentum)<\/strong>. Stews, made from smoked meat (laridum)<\/strong> or soups can be cooked in a larger cauldron (vasa or situla).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n During the campaigns, pure wine is prohibited, it is replaced by sour wine (acetum)<\/strong> or by a drink that mixes water and vinegar (posca)<\/strong>. These liquids<\/a> are probably contained in a container (flask)<\/strong> made of leather (utres)<\/strong>. To allow regular and accessible hydration<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the Middle Ages<\/a> the bag underwent many changes. The long and narrow leather bags,<\/strong> about 10 inches wide and 14 inches long, were the most widely used.<\/span><\/p>\n The bag that was used in the Middle Ages was made with deerskin, pig or sow’s udder. These were the bags that were made by the influential pursers’ guild in Paris in the 13th century for the use of villains, since the upper class had embroidered cloth bags.<\/span><\/p>\n These medieval bags were closed with two cords whose ends hung from the mouth of the bag and opened by means of another, with which it was hung from the waist. They were small works of art that were often embroidered in gold. Some of these bags were lined with rabbit fur to store the finest objects.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Documents from the end of the 15th century speak of silk bags and reliquary bags embroidered with religious motifs enriched with pearls and gold from Cyprus<\/strong>. Some were adorned with silver bells<\/strong>. This was an alarm against occasional break-ins.<\/span><\/p>\n The bag was used a lot; both the man and the woman. Ordinary people did not go out without their boar skin bag hanging from their waist, it was an inseparable piece of male and female attire in the fifteenth century. Remember that the garments did not have pockets<\/span><\/p>\n Of this type of bag there were of all price and quality; the most artistic were the Italian ones, full of ribbons, cords and trimmings, lobed or half-circle in shape. It should be noted that some of them were authentic works of art.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the Middle Ages, bag sellers belonged to the same guild as suitcase manufacturers. Both made the same thing and used deerskin or sow’s udder for bags and suitcases<\/a> for humble people. The pieces of luggage of the wealthiest classes continued to be the ark and the wooden trunk, since they were not the ones who had to carry it, but rather the servants.<\/span><\/p>\n The hand luggage consisted of small bags of soft fabric where they kept the most necessary or most frequently used. They were objects for makeup, prayer, recreation, a silk scarf and coins. The Countess of Artois received as a unique wedding gift a dozen Saracen cloth suitcases made in Spain in 1298, large and spacious, capable of accommodating the robes and ample dresses of her owner. See history of tourism in Middle Age<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n History of\u00a0 luggage in the 15th and 17th century<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n During the 16th and 17th centuries,<\/strong> the bag was filled with ornaments, charms and details that made it a small work of art. Upper-class ladies gave a bag as a souvenir or token of esteem to their friends. Many times they were cute little bags embroidered by themselves. An important service or a debt was delivered by hand in a closed leather bag inside which there were usually gold or silver coins<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The mystery bag became famous whose interior had secret compartments for jewelry, money, ointment bottles, perfumes, or whatever needed to be kept secret. These bags were especially used by upper class ladies. See history of tourism iof traveler Checks<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n In the 18th century, a new bag model was born: the wallet-style bag. It was made of various materials such as silk or leather. Originally it was used by both women and men to carry documents. In this century, the bag became part of textile fashion and played a fundamental role in women’s clothing<\/strong>. Over the years, they began to be embellished with embroidery.<\/span><\/p>\n They were highly appreciated, so much so that some women, when they died, left them as an inheritance for relatives or friends. These bags were used to carry personal items, but not to carry money, since there was another type of bag for that purpose: the one that would be the forerunner of the wallet or wallet as we know it today.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the beginning of the 19th century, bags<\/a> were manufactured in such a way as to satisfy the numerous changes that women’s clothing was developing. For this purpose, the first line of bags designed to be able to transport women’s things, but according to the social class to which she belonged, emerged. Objects such as makeup tools, cards, handkerchiefs or fans. They became an indispensable accessory for the ladies of England.<\/span><\/p>\n The first travel bags appeared in the mid-19th century. They were travel suitcases but in miniature and provided with a practical and quick opening and closing system, with a \u201csecret\u201d compartment and a key.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>
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Who Invented Luggage?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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What was luggage like in Ancient Egypt?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
What did the Assyrians use as Suitcases?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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What was Luggage like in Ancient Greece<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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What was luggage like in Ancient Rome<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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How were Mario’s reforms on Military Baggage in Ancient Rome?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Trajan’s Column<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Legionnaire’s Pack Contents – History of Backpacks<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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How is the History of the bag in the Middle Ages<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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The middle age and the Luggage<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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What was luggage like in the modern <\/a>age?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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What was the history of luggage in the eighteenth century?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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History of the Luggage & Bag in the 19th century<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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