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silk was so in demand and so lucrative a product that at one point smuggling silk worms out of china was punishable by death. I think the price of a silk shirt
by scarby2 3y ago
silk was so in demand and so lucrative a product that at one point smuggling silk worms out of china was punishable by death. I think the price of a silk shirt in the middle ages was roughly comparable to a luxury car today.
- szundi 3y agoThese comparisons always bring up the fact in my mind that the lowest class people today have so much better sanitation, like toilets compared to kings back then