The Crazy Engineering of Silk

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Did you know that two Roman monks once smuggled silkworm eggs out of China, ending a 3,000-year monopoly on the world’s most valuable fabric? In this video, we explore how silk spread from ancient China to the Roman Empire, why it was once worth more than gold, and how it reshaped global trade along the Silk Road.

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00:00 The Silk Heist of 552 AD
00:30 China’s 3,000-Year Silk Monopoly
01:45 The Legend of the Silkworm
02:16 How Silkworms Actually Make Silk
05:15 How Pattern Looms Worked
08:12 The Rise of the Silk Road

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Script: Ewan Cunningham
Animation: Ewan Cunningham, Guillaume Bouché and Aziz Dereli
Narrator: Spencer Pearman
Sound: Nikita Budash

Music used in this video is licensed from Artlist and Epidemic Sound.

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