smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire (Q16931947)

6th century event, in which two Nestorian monks smuggled silkworm from China into the Byzantine Empire, leading to the establishment of an indigenous Byzantine silk industry

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English	smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire	6th century event, in which two Nestorian monks smuggled silkworm from China into the Byzantine Empire, leading to the establishment of an indigenous Byzantine silk industry