Ukubukeka kwemikhiqizo yengilazi kungalandelelwa emuva eMesophothamiya eminyakeni engu-3 600 edlule, kodwa abanye abantu bathi ingase ifane nemikhiqizo yengilazi yaseGibhithe.Obunye ubufakazi bemivubukulo bubonisa ukuthi imikhiqizo yokuqala yengilazi yangempela yavela enyakatho yeSyria yanamuhla.Izindawo ezisogwini, ezazibuswa abantu baseMesophothamiya noma abaseGibhitheImikhiqizo yokuqala yengilazi kwakuwubuhlalu bengilazi obavela phakathi nenkulungwane yesibili yeminyaka BC, okungenzeka ukuthi kwaba ngengozi imikhiqizo yokucubungula insimbi ekuqaleni, noma izinto zengilazi ezenziwe ngezinqubo ezifanayo lapho kwakhiwa izitsha zobumba ezipendiwe.

Ngemuva kokuvela kwemikhiqizo yengilazi, kube yinto yokunethezeka.Kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi seBronze Age, ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwengilazi ngabantu kwakuwukuyincibilikisa ukuze kuhlobise amavase.

Izingxenye eziyinhloko zengilazi evamile yi-silicon dioxide, i-sodium carbonate ne-calcium carbonate.Iningi lengilazi liyancibilika ku-1400-1600 degrees Fahrenheit.Ngokuthuthuka okusheshayo komphakathi wesayensi nobuchwepheshe, ubuciko bengilazi, njengendlela yobuciko obukhethekile, bunikeza izimpilo zabantu kanye nomklamo wezobuciko ulethe uguquko oluguquguqukayo.

Ekudaleni ubucwebe besimanje, ingilazi nayo ingenye yezinto ezibalulekile.Izici ezikhethekile ezibonakalayo zengilazi zinikeza umsebenzi imizwa emangalisayo kakhulu.Isobala, ithambile, iqinile, futhi inemibalabala.Kubonakala kujwayelekile futhi kufana nezwe elikude.Ingaba khona njengebhola elincane lengilazi, futhi ingathwalwa njengesakhiwo esihle kakhulu.Wake wabubamba ubuhlalu bengilazi wabuqinisa ebuntwaneni bakho ukuze ubonise lokho kubukeka okujabulisayo nokuthandwayo?