Explain How India Contributed To The Spread Of Southernization

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The spread of southernization first began in India after cotton became domesticated in the Indus river valley and Indians began to develop sophisticated dyeing technics. With these new found skills India was able to develop an effective trade with its immediate surrounding areas. Throughout the first millennium C.E. the production of cotton and cotton textiles allowed India to spread trade across the Mediterranean, East Africa, and South-east Asia. The Indian textile trade continued to steadily grow reaching into Europe and by the mid-eighteenth century it seemed India’s was reaching everywhere. In addition, India’s search for gold can also be attributed to its spread of southernization. India wasn’t just generating cotton and sugar crops in

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