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This document discusses how the silk trade influenced the textile industry and status of women in Roman Palmyra, Syria. The silk trade brought Oriental silk through Palmyra on its way to Rome. This exposed Palmyrene workshops to Oriental styles and may have impacted local wool and linen production. Women produced many textiles and their portraits show they wore lavish silk headdresses, indicating the silk trade elevated women

Author

Анастасия Иванова

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EN