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History

THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON STARTED IN INDIA AND SOUTH AMERICA.7000YEARSAGO,COTTON WAS IMPORTANT TO THE EARLY SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PEOPLE, SUCH AS THE MOCHE AND NAZCA, WHO USED IT FOR FISHING NETS. THE HARAPPANS PRODUCE COTTON FABRIC 6000 YEARS AGO ANDTRADEDITWITHMESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT. MEDIEVAL EUROPEANS INITIALLY USED IT FOR BATTING, BEFORE IT WAS MADE INTO YARN. UNFORTUNATELY, BRITAIN’S COLONIAL RULE OVER INDIA SABOTAGED THEIR COTTON PRODUCTION INDUSTRY. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BOOSTED COTTON MANUFACTURING, MAKING BRITAIN ITS LEADING EXPORT. NEW MACHINES, SUCH AS THIS SPINNING FRAME (1769) AND THE COTTON GIN (1794) SPED UP THE PRODUCTION PROCESS..

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MANCHESTER, NICKNAMED COTTONOPLIS, IMPLEMENTED A SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM, WHERE THEY PURCHASED RAW COTTON FIBERS CHEAPLY FROMCOLONIALPLANTATIONS,PROCESSEDTHEMIN LANCASHIREMILLS,ANDEXPORTEDTHEMTOAFRICA, INDIA,ANDCHINA.DURINGTHEAMERICANCIVILWAR PURCHASECOTTONFROMEGYPT,BUTTHEYRETURN TOCONFEDERATECOTTONAFTERTHEWAR.TOTHIS DAY,THEUNITEDSTATESISAMAJORPRODUCEROF COTTON, SECOND BEHIND CHINA, WHICH IS THE LARGESTPRODUCERANDCONSUMEROFCOTTON.