The history of cotton can be traced from its domestication, through the important role it played in the history of India, the British Empire, and the United States, to its continuing importance as a crop and commodity.
The history of the domestication of cotton is very complex and is not known exactly.[1] Several isolated civilizations in both the Old and New World independently domesticated and converted the
cotton into fabric. All the same tools were invented to work it also, including combs, bows, hand spindles, and primitive looms.[2]: 11–13
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