Abstract The Han Dynasty has been regarded as the first prosperous period in the history of
Chinese silk weaving. Silk completely replaced linen and became the most important textile …

This article argues that the conclusions in the prevailing modern scientific literature on the
formation of the Great Silk Road 3rd‑2nd millennium BC or from the 4th‑3rd centuries BC …

Of all the products associated with the material wealth and cultural splendor of traditional
Chinese civilization, none was so quintessentially Chinese as silk. From the most ancient …

This article argues that the conclusions in the prevailing modern literature on the formation
of the Great Silk Road III-II thousand BC or the VIth-IIIrd Millennium BC cannot be …

China is the world's earliest country to rear silkworms and produce silk, and for a
considerable period of time was the only country in the world engaged in this handicraft …

This essay is an observation of the trade changes on the continental Silk Road between the
second century BC and eighth century AD in a Eurasia perspective. Zhang Qian's first trip to …

As we all know, the Silk Road, as a famous ancient transportation route, was a trade line
cross-Eurasian continent in history. Its name was from the delivery of silk. However, no …

For centuries relations between China and Southeast Asia pivoted on trade. Textiles-
particularly Chinese silks-were among the most important of trade goods. Despite this …

Silk was China's leading export in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century—even
after China lost out to Japan in its relative share of the international trade. The manufacture …

In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese and Spanish successively opened up two trade
routes through the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, establishing the Maritime Silk Road …