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| − | Spinning first began, or was introduced when farmers bred a new kind of sheep, which had a nice fleece coat. The coat was curly and dense, what we know today as wool. And with this new kind of fur, spinning was developed to harness this new, useful material. Wool clothing was useful and warm during the winter in these harsh, Northern climates, but the clothes primarily represented status, and were seen as a symbol of class. Wool was eventually dyed, making it more of a representative of wealth and luxury, because dyes would cost a lot of money, and were only accessible to the wealthier members of society. Dead people were also often buried in their wool clothing, because it would be seen as a symbol of their identity along with their other valued earthly possessions. Spinning was not only a precursor to divisions in society, the wealthy versus the poor, the "leaders" vs. the "people", but it was also an important tool which helped human beings not only mature and develop as creative, free thinkers, but it also helped as fully transition into civilizations full of trade, complex economics, power struggles, warfare, and other problems that we encounter in our everyday lifestyle.
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