WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Producing silk was a lengthy, complex process. Men took responsibility for the mulberry trees, growing the only food of silkworms, but women were responsible for the critical task of feeding the leaves to the silkworms.

Detailed explanation-2: -The production of silk originates in China in the Neolithic (Yangshao culture, 4th millennium BC). Silk remained confined to China until the Silk Road opened at some point during the later half of the first millennium BC. China maintained its virtual monopoly over silk production for another thousand years.

Detailed explanation-3: -China in 1000 CE The feeding of silkworms (which devoured vast quantities of mulberry leaves), the cleaning of their trays, the unraveling of the cocoons, the reeling and spinning of the silk filaments-all this was women’s work, as was the weaving of plain cloth on simple home looms.

Detailed explanation-4: -It can be woven into a very soft and smooth fabric. Silk fabric was invented in Ancient China and played an important role in their culture and economy for thousands of years. Legend has it that the process for making silk cloth was first invented by the wife of the Yellow Emperor, Leizu, around the year 2696 BC.

Detailed explanation-5: -China leads the world in silk production.

Detailed explanation-6: -Silk is a fabric first produced in Neolithic China from the filaments of the cocoon of the silk worm. 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.