She thought of a trick, she hid everything that was needed - the silk worms, the mulberry seeds ... ago and monopolised it for so long - ancient China. Long before the Roman Empire appeared ...

She thought of a trick, she hid everything that was needed - the silk worms, the mulberry seeds ... ago and monopolised it for so long - ancient China. Long before the Roman Empire appeared ...

Hatched worms ... China, where they were guarded as closely as state secrets. The monks then presented the eggs to Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople, where he created a thriving silk ...

She thought of a trick, she hid everything that was needed - the silk worms, the mulberry seeds ... ago and monopolised it for so long - ancient China. Long before the Roman Empire appeared ...