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11.01.2023 19:09

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Pearl Diving
EXPENSE.
FARM
PROVIDE
STRONG
COAST
DEEP
EQUIP
FORTUNATE
BREATHE
WEALTH
TRADE
For hundreds of years, the most (0) ....
and precious pearls in the world
were found in the Persian Gulf. In the early 1900s, the land in this area was very dry
and (25) ........ ... was extremely difficult. People of the region used to trade
pearls in exchange for food, water and other (26) . .............. In the mid-1900s,
India's economy began to (27) ....
As most pearl buyers came from
India, the demand for pearls began to grow. Many Persian families settled
permanently in the (28).... villages of the Gulf in order to take advantage
of the booming pearl market.
Divers often risked their lives. They would dive to (29).....
of 40 meters
and remain underwater for up to two minutes all without the use of special diving
(30)......
When they found an oyster they would open it up with a knife to
see if it had a pear inside. (31).....
not all oysters produce pearls. Divers
often had to make thirty dives in one day to find enough. When they ran out of
(32)......they were pulled to the surface by a rope. At the end of a
pearl-diving season. Some divers would become (33)....
enough to buy their own boat, thus becoming pearl (34) .....
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