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4000 BCE
The First Evidence of Silk Production
A domesticated silkworm's cocoon was found split in half at the sites of Yang Shao culture, in Xia country, Shangxi, dating back to the first millennium BCE -
3630 BCE
Earliest evidence of silk fabric
Silk was used to mummify a child's body -
1644 BCE
Peasants had the right to wear silk
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300 BCE
China loses its monopoly over silk
A Japanese expedition finally succeeded in bringing back some silkworm eggs and four young Chinese girls, who were forced to teach their captors the art of sericulture. The art of sericulture spread around the world from here. -
200 BCE
Paper was made with silk
Paper was made with silk -
200 BCE
Silk road was made
The silk road was maid to help the commerce of silk -
Period: 200 BCE to 100 BCE
Exports of silk to the West
Scholars believe that the Chinese created a network aiming at exporting silk to Western countries -
100 BCE
The beginning of silk exports
The heir of a princess who was promised to a prince of Khotan took silk with her when she left as she couldn't bear to leave it behind -
552
The Byzantines succeeded in getting silkworm eggs
Byzantine emperor Justinian obtained the first silkworm eggs. -
1300
More significant changes occurred in the production of silk
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Period: to
France's Business in sericulture goes well
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Period: to
Silkworm epidemic
A silkworm Epidemic caused a huge decline in Europe's silk industry -
Period: to
China and Japan, now, are once again the greatest silk producers
Once again, China and Japan are the at the top of the world's silk industry -
Period: to
Small changes were made in silk production
