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  2. History of cotton - Wikipedia

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    Indian cotton textiles were the most important manufactured goods in world trade in the 18th century, consumed across the world from the Americas to Japan. [28] The most important center of cotton production was the Bengal Subah province, particularly around its capital city of Dhaka. [29]

  3. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    The cotton textile industry was responsible for a large part of India's international trade. [78] India had a 25% share of the global textile trade in the early 18th century. [79] Indian cotton textiles were the most important manufactured goods in world trade in the 18th century, consumed across the world from the Americas to Japan. [76]

  4. Cotton - Wikipedia

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    Indian cotton textiles were the most important manufactured goods in world trade in the 18th century, consumed across the world from the Americas to Japan. [36] The most important center of cotton production was the Bengal Subah province, particularly around its capital city of Dhaka .

  5. History of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    At least 11 separate regions of the Old and New World were involved as independent centers of origin. [35] Some of the earliest known domestications were of animals. Domestic pigs had multiple centres of origin in Eurasia, including Europe, East Asia and Southwest Asia, [36] where wild boar were first domesticated about 10,500 years ago. [37]

  6. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Cotton and wool from alpaca, llamas, and vicuñas have been woven into elaborate textiles for thousands of years in the Andes and are still important parts of Quechua and Aymara culture today. Coroma in Antonio Quijarro Province, Bolivia is a major center for ceremonial textile production. [6]

  7. Narendra Modi’s decision to gift world leaders a hand spun scarf in New Delhi on Sunday was an act rooted in history and symbolism for the Indian prime minister, as he aimed to spotlight the ...

  8. Timeline of clothing and textiles technology - Wikipedia

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    1000s – The earliest clear illustrations of the spinning wheel come from the Islamic world. [20] 1100s-1300s – Dual-roller cotton gins appear in India and China. [21] 1200s-1300s – The worm gear roller cotton gin invented in the Indian subcontinent during the early Delhi Sultanate era. [22]

  9. Did Xinjiang Cotton Crisis Up Stakes for Traceability? - AOL

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    In the ripples of the U.S. ban on Xinjiang cotton, there is a broader question of the state of traceability and “sustainable” cotton in the industry. Everything that happens between that ...