Silk, sometimes affectionately referred to as the “queen of fibers,” is the strongest natural fiber in the world, and it is used to make expensive cloth. There’s more to silk, though, than being great to make fine garments. Did you know that a thread of silk can be stronger than some kinds of steel? Probably not. We hope to give you more insight into the wonders of silk in our report. THE DISCOVERY OF SILK One of the only – if not the only – documentation on the discovery of silk is an ancient
SILK PRODUCTION IN AFRICA Recently some African countries recognised a great opportunities and potential in sericulture industry. Sericulture industry is a silk industry or silk farming involving rearing of silk worm and a raw silk production. The Sub Saharan African countries have a suitable environmental and climate conditions all year round to grow the mulberry tree which is needed by the silk worms to live, feed and grow. This industry seems to be very promising agricultural enterprise and
that goes into making silk? Many people over look this fine, luxurious garment. When I first heard that we had to do an I-search, I was overwhelmed by the choices. I made many changes before finally settling on this topic. When I first though of how to make silk, I didn't think that it would be that hard with the right tools. Although I knew that the fibers came from the silk worm's cocoon I still didn't know how they got it unraveled. I also thought that they only made silk in China. There are many
A Comparison of the Chemical Structures and Production Methods of Silk and Artificial Silk Abstract Despite their seemingly similar exteriors, the chemical structures and production methods of natural silk and the artificial silks rayon and nylon are quite different. Silk yarn, extracted from the cocoon of the Bombyx mori moth, is made up of fibroin molecules with beta-pleated sheet secondary structures. The fibroin molecules consist of crystalline fibers constructed of regularly paralleled
great civilizations of the past became great because they mastered the art of trading.” The Silk Road is one of the earliest examples of a supply chain. Goods and ideas were moved and traded across long distances in a system of routes and cities that formed the Silk Road. The Silk Road did not consist of one route or one time period. It was not even called the Silk Road until the eighteenth century. The Silk Road was a network of many different routes crossing the terrain and connecting cities and
0 INTRODUCTION: Spider silk has long been admired by scientists for its exceptional strength and elasticity, this admiration has led to many years of research to find a similar product that they can mass-produce. Due to spiders’ cannibalistic and territorial nature, alongside their inadequate production of silk, they are ill suited for commercial farming. This report will examine how scientists have genetically modified goats to produce large quantities of spider-like silk for use in industry, and
THE TRADITIONAL SILK AND BENARASI SILK SAREES OF INDIA Silk has always played a vital role in the art of Indian sarees. Be in marriage or any festival when it came to sarees silk was the key player from time immemorial. History if followed well would tell us that the Indian sarees had a strong base for silk as the fabric used the basic material of weaving a saree. In this section we are going to see the variety of sarees based on silk and comes from various sections of India which have strong base
trains, ships and airplanes to transport goods from one place to another, there was the Silk Road. Beginning in the sixth century, this route was formed and thus began the first major trade system. Although the term “Silk Road” would lead one that it was on road, this term actually refers to a number of different routes that covered a vast amount of land and were traveled by many different people. Along with silk, large varieties of goods were traded and traveled along this route both going to and
considered as luxuries? - What items were considered as necessities? - What items were least popular? When people think of the Silk Road, people will think of trade, but not many people know about the things that were traded. Different countries have different things that they need, and also different countries have resources that others might want. In Ancient China Silk was one of the things that all the other countries wanted. So I wanted to research about the popular goods and necessities that
The Silk Road was brought about around 200 B.C.E as a trading route from Western Rome to the Han Dynasty. Innumerable diverse patterns of interaction have taken place since then, coming to a halt around 1450 C.E. These changes and continuities generally revolved around products, cultural expression, and religion. The products traded along the Silk Road played a crucial role in the patterns of interaction; the focus of the Silk Road. Ferghana war horses were the first products to be traded on the
overland routes, popularly known as the Silk Road The term Silk Road does not refer to a single, clearly defined road or highway, but rather denotes a network of trails and trading posts, oasis and markets scattered all across Central Asia. All along the way, branch routes led to destinations off to the side of the main route, with one especially important branch leading to northwestern India, and thus to other routes throughout the subcontinent. The Silk Road network is generally thought of as stretching
importance of the topic to the time period. The silk road, in it’s time, was a huge advancement to the trade and communication of many different kingdoms and empires. It stretched from China to Eastern Europe. The routes followed the northern borders of India, Persia, and China and ended up in Eastern Europe near modern day Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was given the name the silk road because one of the main products traded along the route was silk from China. Merchants and Tradesmen traveled
Analysis of Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman This book was given to me by a good friend who knew that I had an interest in Asia. I chose to read it because it was a true story and was told that it was a good read. The author travels to China as an English teacher for the Hunan Medical School. There he stayed for two years picking up many anecdotes along the way. The author already had spent a large amount of his life studying Chinese language and the martial arts. However, when he arrives in China
Spider Silk - the Material of the Future Abstract: Spider silk is well known for its strength yet elastic nature, and for this reason scientists and engineers from a wide variety of fields have begun researching its structure and the possibility and methods of synthesizing spider silk for industrial use. However, extraction of silk from spiders is not cost effective, so most research is focused on synthesis of spider silk either chemically or using DNA recombinant technology. Although research
During the period between 200 BCE and 1450 CE, the Silk Road underwent many subtle transformation while at the same time holding its original purpose. The Silk Roads were first established as a route from Western Rome to China's Han Dynasty for the purpose of trading. The Chinese traded rice, tea, spices, pottery, and silk. From these products, silk became a luxurious item and was in a very high demand. Thus, it is called the Silk Road. China exported silk to areas such as India, the Mediterranean, and
Journal Entry #1 There is so much going through my head. I am laying in the place I call home for possibly the last time ever. Well, hopefully I want everything to go well. I am about to start my journey on the silk road. Although I will truely miss home a lot it offers so much with such rich history. Ecbatana is an ancient city in Iran. Ecbatana is the capital of Media and is currently the summer residence of the Achaemenian kings and one of the residences of the Parthian kings. (“Ecbatana”)Which
People have always traveled, moving from place to place, taking with them goods, which they found they could exchange with others as they traversed. They learned to exchange goods, but they also exchanged skills and ideas (SILK ROAD Dialogue). But how could these exchanges influence literature? According to Dictionary.com, literature refers to “writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest are characteristic or essential features, as poetry,
The Silk Road and Cultural Exchange goes way back to the ancient times. The Silk Road was established during the Han Dynasty of China. The Silk Road was a network of trade routes it had two routes that were explored by many people whose journey was to central Asia to the Eastern Mediterranean or central Asia to China. Many places have traveled through a famous trade route called the “cultural bridge”. The Silk Road wasn’t just a channel for merchants to sell, share and trade ideas, clothing and
named the road the Silk Road, because silk was the major trade product, which traveled on this road. Silk Road was all about neighbors exchanging goods, silk, culture, ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. Silk Road is the most extraordinary exchanging course of antiquated Chinese development. The exchange of silk grew under the Han Dynasty in the first and second hundreds of years. Initially, the Chinese exchange silk inside, within the realm. Parades from the domains inside would convey silk to the western
The Silk Road, a series of passageways connecting China with the Mediterranean completely changed the world. These series of trade routes allowed the advancement of technology and cultural diversity like never seen before. These routes connected many different civilizations allowing the exchange of goods and ideas. This variety of nationalities made it a “Cultural Bridge between Asia and Europe. ” Before these pathways were established trade was nearly impossible due to extreme desert conditions