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Silk production originated in ancient China around 3000 BC when the wife of the Yellow Emperor discovered silk cocoons. She devised a reel to draw silk fibers from cocoons into thread that could be woven. Originally, only royalty were allowed silk clothes and commoners gained the right much later. Silk was used as currency and in many other applications like fishing lines and paper. Demand created the lucrative Silk Road trade route from China to the Mediterranean, transporting silk west and goods like gold

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nimeh sharma

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