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8 06, 2017

Why was the cotton gin important? American History

By |2019-03-31T13:09:06-07:00June 8th, 2017|Clothing, North America|Comments Off on Why was the cotton gin important? American History

Model of Indian cotton gin (1100s AD) How did people get the seeds out of cotton? When people in India first started to grow cotton, they picked the seeds out [...]

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 [...]

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