HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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They were nervous others would steal the silkworms.
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They didn’t want people to make their own silk.
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They wanted everyone to wear silk.
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They wanted the traders to keep tradings silk.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Silk became a prized export for the Chinese. Nobles and kings of foreign lands desired silk and would pay high prices for the cloth. The emperors of China wanted to keep the process for making silk a secret. Anyone caught telling the secret or taking silkworms out of China was put to death.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Chinese did not reveal the secret of silk for nearly 30 centuries and global demand for the exotic fabric led to creation of the ‘Silk Road’ in the days of the Han Dynasty, taking silk westward and bringing gold, silver and wool to the East.
Detailed explanation-3: -It became a staple source of income for small farmers and, as weaving techniques improved, the reputation of Chinese silk spread so that it became highly desired across the empires of the ancient world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Silk culture remained a profitable home industry in Mansfield until about 1844 when a blight devastated mulberry orchards throughout the country. The blight coupled with the crash of the M. multicaulis market led to the demise of silk culture in America.