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1 day agoThe Ingenious Engineering of Silk: How the 2,000-Year-Old Pattern Loom Powered the Silk Road and the Wealth of Ancient China
The Silk Road was a vast trade network spanning from the second century BC to the fifteenth century AD, named over 400 years after its decline, with silk being the most glamorous and visible commodity despite not being the highest-volume item traded.