“Breaking Land for Egyptian Cotton,” 1906. The Egyptian cotton industry boomed in the la
“Breaking Land for Egyptian Cotton,” 1906. The Egyptian cotton industry boomed in the late 1800s, as Egyptian Khedive Muhammad Ali made an aggressive attempt to modernize Egypt’s economy. He saw an opportunity to take advantage of the decline in American cotton production during the American Civil War. Egypt became a leading producer of cotton by the turn of the century.{WHF} {HTE} -- source link
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