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Ancient Persian Silk Spinning Still Practiced in Iran

Posted on January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 by MAMcIntosh

There are silk makers in different parts of Iran who still practice the trade their ancestors did some 3,000 years ago. For more than three millennia, silk thread produced in Iran has been used to make clothing fabric and for weaving Persian rugs. In many of these small villages along the Iran-Afghanistan border, families receive[…]

Silk in Antiquity

Posted on April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

The reputation of Chinese silk spread so that it became highly desired across the empires of the ancient world. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Silk is a fabric first produced in Neolithic China from the filaments of the cocoon of the silk worm. It became a staple source of income for small farmers and, as weaving[…]