Re:What if we called it the Flax Age instead of the Iron Age?
by chewz on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:51PM
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> but I assume metal requires more advanced technology to acquir
Anyone can make a crude knife. Try making a cotton scarf.
We are taking textiles for granted (as in t-shirts and fast fashion) but until XIX century for hundreds of years nothing could match Indian cotton fabrics which were used as mean of exchange in all over Asia.
Anyone can make a crude knife. Try making a cotton scarf.
We are taking textiles for granted (as in t-shirts and fast fashion) but until XIX century for hundreds of years nothing could match Indian cotton fabrics which were used as mean of exchange in all over Asia.
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/indian-textiles-na...
https://medium.com/@noopurshalini/textiles-of-india-d9f5e531...