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The good supply of raw materials - leather for making shoes - and its good geographic location, allowing easy access to Europe and the rest of Africa, were also factors.
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In Cotacachi, 10km north of Otavalo, craftspeople have been making leather products for hundreds of years, owing to the town's position surrounded by cattle and dairy farms.
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The windmill was a Medieval European innovation and both wind and water mills were not just used for grinding flour but also fuilling cloth, making leather and driving bellows and trip-hammers.
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They are stories of a time when he began making small leather bags after being bailed out of prison to pay for his legal fees.
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The headphones feature a smooth leather headband and ear cups making them the ideal solution for watching movies, playing video games and more.
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Recognizing a growing demand for leatherwear for the new automobile and airplane era, Hermes revolutionized the industry, making the first ever leather jacket with a zipper.
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Though Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) could build a thousand Focus cars in that time, Eden will tell you that the carpentry, leather fitting and stitching involved in making a Bentley can't be rushed.
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Ballay, 28, originally stumbled on the idea for Knot Standard while making custom boots with alligator leather sourced from Central America.
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General Motors made its first Cadillac Cimarron in 1982 and continued making what was a Chevy Cavalier with leather seats and a much higher price for seven years.
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Fragrance making began in Provence about 500 years ago, when local tanneries sought to make their leather products smell good.
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