Silk

Introduction

• The production of silk originates in China in the Neolithic. The earliest evidence of silk was found at the sites of Yangshao culture in Xia County, Shanxi. where a silk cocoon was found cut in half by a sharp knife, between 4000 and 3000 BCE.
• By: Corina

Geography

Silk is obtained from pupal nests or cocoons spun by larvae known as silkworm.. Despite some aspects in their surroundings, insects show a great way of adaptation to environmental conditions and maintain their internal temperature and water content within tolerable limits. Unfortunately, silkworms are very delicate and unable to survive in extreme temperature and humidity. So silkworms were and are domesticated at the north of China where great geographic settings are such as plateaus and deserts with a warm temperature.

\Natural geographic resources and shared knowledge resulted in the development of such advancements as silk.
Wearing silk was an important status symbol., partially used in noble class.

credits
Introduction and how geography affected the production of silk by corina calcano

Bibliography

• *HTTP://WWW.DUCKSTERS.COM/HISTORY/CHINA/GEOGRAPHY_OF_ANCIENT_CHINA.PHP
• *http://education.seattlepi.com/did-geography-affect-early-china-before-silk...
• *https://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2012/121234/