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times. it clothed the people of ancient india, egypt, and china. hundreds of years before the christian era, cotton textiles were woven in india with matchless skill, and their use spread to the mediterranean countries. iran in iran ( persia ), the history of cotton dates back to the achaemenid era
to the rest of europe. the spinning wheel , introduced to europe circa , improved the speed of cotton spinning. [ ] by the th century, venice , antwerp , and haarlem were important ports for cotton trade, and the sale and transportation of cotton fabrics had become very profitable. [ ] early modern...
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