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==History==
Golden [https://zewarkhan.com/collections/choker-necklace : choker necklaces] were crafted by [[Sumer]]ian artisans around 2500 BC and according to curators from the Jewelry Museum of Fine Arts,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Graff|first1=Michelle |title=The History Behind … The Choker|url=http://www.nationaljeweler.com/fashion/antique-estate-jewelry/4080-the-history-behind-the-choker|access-date=6 August 2017|work=National Jeweler|date=31 March 2016}}</ref> chokers have been around for thousands of years, first gracing the world's earliest civilizations: Ancient Egypt, in addition to the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. Often made with gold or lapis, the necklaces were thought to be protective and imbued with special powers.
Chokers were also later worn in the First Century A.D. They are mentioned in the ''[[Talmud]]'', book [[Shabbat (Talmud)|Shabbat]], chapter 6<ref>[[Shabbat (Talmud)|Shabbos]], [http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/t01/t0114.htm beginning of chapter 6]</ref> as a common women's accessory.
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