Sunday, January 21, 2024

A Silken Web: How Weaving has Shaped Human History


 Here is an excellent essay by the historian, Peter Frankopan, for AEON Magazine about the significance of silk from its accidental development in China to its use as a "symbol of extravagance and decadence" in Afro-Eurasia.

It's a great story and the excerpts are for great for the classroom.

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