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8 06, 2017

Where does cotton come from? South America

By |2019-01-12T18:03:24-08:00June 8th, 2017|Clothing, South America|Comments Off on Where does cotton come from? South America

A cotton and alpaca wool cloth from Peru, about 200 AD (in the Brooklyn Museum) First place where people grew cotton South America  was the first place in the world where people grew [...]

24 05, 2017

African Economy – Early Modern

By |2019-05-21T19:54:33-07:00May 24th, 2017|Africa, Economy|Comments Off on African Economy – Early Modern

Early modern African economy: Guinea Cloth (Cotton) Early Modern African economy In the late 1400s AD, Portuguese traders figured out how to sail to West Africa instead of getting there [...]

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