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Making a (first century AD) tunic
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richsc wrote:
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Quote:BTW, any ideas as to why cotton didn't find its way into Europe before the Arab invasion. I wonder as I've read that the Egyptians used it long before


Eli Whitney and the cotton gin. Cotton seeds are hard to separate, and though there are many types of cotton, the short fibers are also hard to spin into thread. Cotton was a luxury item until the Industrial Revolution.

Ah, economic/technological reason. Thank you.
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Making a (first century AD) tunic - by Crispvs - 06-12-2007, 11:29 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Tarbicus - 07-01-2007, 11:23 AM
Re: Making a (first century AD) tunic - by Tiberius Clodius Corvinus - 07-11-2007, 07:42 AM
Tunics - by Graham Sumner - 07-24-2007, 12:57 PM
Tunics - by Graham Sumner - 07-24-2007, 02:59 PM
Re: Tunics - by Tarbicus - 08-29-2007, 06:20 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by fashion-robe - 12-02-2009, 02:05 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by M. Demetrius - 12-02-2009, 02:24 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 12-02-2009, 03:39 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Yehya - 07-23-2010, 02:03 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Matthew Amt - 07-27-2010, 02:28 AM
Re: Making a tunic - by Martin Moser - 07-27-2010, 06:06 AM
Re: Making a tunic - by M. Demetrius - 07-27-2010, 01:51 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Astiryu1 - 07-27-2010, 03:48 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Lunico - 08-13-2010, 01:11 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Crispvs - 08-13-2010, 01:16 PM
Re: Making a tunic - by Lunico - 08-13-2010, 01:26 PM

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