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- Silk was known to the Chinese from the Neolithic period (4000-3000 BCE) onwards and became an important craft during the Bronze Age .
Silk and the Silk Route
Silk became a major export
1. Early silk
Known from Neolithic times
Example:
4000 to 3000 BCE
2. Bronze Age craft
An important craft
Example:
Woven silk
3. Han dynasty trade
2nd century BCE
Example:
The Silk Route
- Around the 2nd century BCE , under the Han dynasty , silk became a major item of trade with places outside China .
- It became so important that the entire route on which it was traded came to be known as the 'Silk Route' .
