Tag: silk

pope-pius-xiii:

im-not-a-skelmersdale-monster:

tilthat:

TIL that in 552 AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe

via reddit.com

biggest heist of the millenia

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