Uzbekistan is the world's second-largest exporter of this good, but its production caused the (*) Aral Sea to shrink.
This good was the subject of the quote, "No power on earth dares to make war upon it." Kozhikode, India, was a center for the production of this raw good. Egypt became a leading producer of it under Muhammad Ali Pasha. Uzbekistan is the world's second-largest exporter of this good, but its production caused the (*) Aral Sea to shrink. Gandhi's Khadi movement was a boycott of this commodity from England. A "famine" on this good in England in 1861 was caused by a Union embargo of the Confederacy. For 10 points, name this crop that was "king" in the South.
This good was the subject of the quote, "No power on earth dares to make war upon it."
cotton [prompt on textiles; prompt on calico]