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 Asia Minor, having a close relationship with Europe, whether at the era of the Roman Empire, or Crusades or the Bizantine Empire, used to be considered as the cradle of carpet-weaving.
At that time, when Pazirik was not discovered yet, it was assumed that carpet-weaving was developed in civilizations like Egypt. With the startling discovery of Professor Rodenko, leading to the introduction of Pazirik, found in Siberian mountains, to the world, carpet-weaving started to move its origin from the Nile River, Tigris and Euphrates to Central Asia in general and Iran in particular.
The fostering and development of the Iranian carpet-weaving art owes much to the efforts of the Safavid's shahs.
The very first signs of carpet-weaving in Iran can be found in the Bronze Age, and from graves in Turkmenistan and northern Iran, where a Qashqai man in Kamfirouz, Fars Province, Iran found some tools used to weave carpets. These tools are now preserved in the National Museum of Iran.