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... produced . In many countries , cotton is the major cash crop , and it accounts for a substantial part of international trade . In the United States , cotton accounts for nearly half of all the textile fiber used , and the annual U.S. ...
... produced . In many countries , cotton is the major cash crop , and it accounts for a substantial part of international trade . In the United States , cotton accounts for nearly half of all the textile fiber used , and the annual U.S. ...
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... produced sev- en creations : ( 1 ) sky ; ( 2 ) water ; ( 3 ) earth ; ( 4 ) plants ; ( 5 ) cattle ; ( 6 ) Gayomart , the primeval man ; and , strangely enough , ( 7 ) Ormazd himself . In another version , the world was created from the ...
... produced sev- en creations : ( 1 ) sky ; ( 2 ) water ; ( 3 ) earth ; ( 4 ) plants ; ( 5 ) cattle ; ( 6 ) Gayomart , the primeval man ; and , strangely enough , ( 7 ) Ormazd himself . In another version , the world was created from the ...
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... produced a rift valley ( a downslipping of a segment of land between parallel cracks or fault- systems ) . In this part of the world there is a major rift system ( the Great Rift Valley ) centering on the Red Sea between Arabia and ...
... produced a rift valley ( a downslipping of a segment of land between parallel cracks or fault- systems ) . In this part of the world there is a major rift system ( the Great Rift Valley ) centering on the Red Sea between Arabia and ...
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