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THE STORY OF SILK

Early silk production in China

Around 3000 BC, according to legend:
- - silkworm cocoon fell into emperor’s wife’s 1
  - emperor’s wife invented a 2 to pull out silk fibres
Only 3 were allowed to produce silk
Only 4 were allowed to wear silk
Silk used as a form of 5
- - e.g. farmers’ taxes consisted partly of silk
Silk used for many purposes
- - e.g. evidence found of 6 made from silk around 168 AD

Silk reaches rest of world

Merchants use Silk Road to take silk westward and bring back 7 and precious metals
550 AD: 8 hide silkworm eggs in canes and take them to Constantinople
Silk production spreads across Middle East and Europe
20th century: 9 and other manmade fibres cause decline in silk production

The story of silk