The East had a monopoly on this material until the 6th century, when 2 monks smuggled out some worms
But at the end of the third century (which had seen a major economic ... []
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being caught trying to smuggle live silk worms out of China was a virtually... [DOC] [TLE] Silk Roads: Exchange across Eurasia [PAR] These two ambitious projects of the early twenty-first century were part of the ...