weaveofwords Uncategorized September 9, 2018 1 Minute pope-pius-xiii: im-not-a-skelmersdale-monster: tilthat: TIL that in 552 AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe via reddit.com biggest heist of the millenia Ocean’s 6th Century Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading... Related Published by weaveofwords This is a scholarly Blog for ENGL 3605 - Theories in Ethics and Racism. More specifically about Encoding Race in Literature. It's been posted as a assignment and is being marked as one. Please keep this in mind. View all posts by weaveofwords Published September 9, 2018