 ... Constantinople and imparted their knowledge to the emperor. By him they were induced to return to China and attempt to bring to Europe the material necessary for the cultivation of silk, which they effected by concealing the eggs of the silkworm in...  Global Silk Industry: A Complete Source Book - Page 23by Rajat K. Datta, Mahesh Nanavaty - 2005 - 413 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 920 pages
...concealing the eggs of the silkworm in a hollow cane. From the precious contents of that bamboo tube, brought to Constantinople about the year 550, were...the races and varieties of silkworm which stocked the Western world, and which gave trade, prosperity, and untold wealth to great communities for more... | |
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 948 pages
...concealing the eggs of the silkworm in a hollow cane. From the precious contents of that bamboo tube, brought to Constantinople about the year 550, were...the races and varieties of silkworm which stocked the Western world, and which gave trade, prosperity, and untold wealth to great communities for more... | |
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