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Ancient Egyptians – Persians – Romans

The history of shoes since its inception until now. Nearly five thousand years ago, the Egyptians had made something similar to shoes. Of course, it is better to call them footwear, not shoes. The Iranian, Greek and Roman civilizations made other coats that indicated a person’s social class and their level of power. The names of many of these covers are still used, such as sandalium, which is now called sandal. In the 4th and 5th centuries, the Roman Empire was transferred to Byzantium. Little by little, Christian ideas affected shoes because Christians believed that shoes should be completely covering, that’s why shoes in the West changed from sandals to open-faced.

Europeans from the 10th to the 15th century

In the 10th and 12th centuries, Europeans used Muslim knowledge even for their shoes during the Crusades. In the 14th century, with the development of industries, thinly tanned cloth and leather slowly entered shoemaking. Many call the 14th century the century of the beginning of fashion.

At the end of the 14th century, pointed shoes became fashionable. People would go out of their way to sharpen their five fingers in pointed claws to prove how personable they are. The beginning of this fashion was from the Netherlands; Where the torment brought big toe and foot pain to the people of the 14th century AD.

At the end of the 15th century AD, when pointed shoes fell out of fashion, wide-toed shoes became fashionable; Of course, mostly in Northern Europe, minds produced fresher and weirder products every day. One of its examples was Venetian shoes that became fashionable for women. These shoes had a flat sole that was completely filled and the height sometimes reached sixty centimeters. Leaving aside the difficulty of walking, the weight of these shoes was probably very high, as walking in those years was associated with hardship and suffering.

Europeans from the 17th to the 19th century

In the 17th century, these hideous heels were removed from shoes and more sensible heels were added to men’s and women’s shoes. The 17th century was the century of rich people in Europe.

The society had become very classy and everyone wanted to sell pride to each other. People who were cooking. They wore high-heeled shoes that were covered with silk. The higher the heel, the higher the person’s position, as at that time those who looked down on everything around felt a lot of power. In the 18th century, the situation remained the same and only the shape of the heels changed. Instead of silk, they used colored leather, which they thought was very beautiful.

But in this century, something very important happened. In 1792, people got tired of high heels and silk shoes and revolutionized against class society in France. The Great French Revolution had very important results. After that, people who were looking for equality removed high heels and all shoes became the same height. The 19th century was the century of the epidemic of fashion.

The fashion market was hot, what was the reason? The answer is very simple. Because with sewing machines and synthetic fabrics, shoes became very cheap and everyone could use good shoes. One of the examples of the fashion of those years is the fashion of square toe shoes that lasted nearly fifty years. In 1850, Putin became very popular. It seems that everyone realized that they should wear comfortable shoes for work and activities.

Europeans of the 20th and 21st centuries

The history of shoes since its inception until now. In 1914, at the same time as the beginning of World War I, comfortable shoes were invented. Surely, people could not hug their children under bombs and gunpowder and walk here and there with high-heeled shoes. Since 1910, when world trade was formed and ships and planes carried cargo from one side of the world to the other, the world’s shoe culture also became confused and shoes took on an international form. Since then, shoes entered other industries. Still in many countries people walk barefoot because of the hot weather, like Indians, Bengalis or Ugandans. Shoes are greatly influenced by the surrounding environment.

For example, the shoes of the people of Alaska are different from the Arabs even after the advent of Islam, because Muslims believe that they should take off their shoes before entering the mosque. Shoes were invented that did not have a back wall. Our own guive is a very strong shoe that is very cool and the foot breathes easily through its seams. Japanese people also make shoes for themselves with rice stalks so that they can be comfortable while working in the rice field. Tall shoes, short shoes, leggings. In the year, it is used for other tasks.