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While France benefited from African resources and economic ties, claiming it would be a "third-world nation" without Africa downplays other critical factors of its development, including agriculture, manufacturing, wine, textiles, banking, and colonial trade. https://www.csus.edu/indiv/e/elstobk/last250yrsfrenchag.pdf https://talkpal.ai/culture/understanding-french-textile-production/ https://frenchmoments.eu/textile-history-in-france/
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