10 sentences with 'silk'
Example sentences and phrases with the word silk and other words derived from it.
• « But Mendez was pleased when he saw him enter the room dressed in a blue silk shirt with the collar unbuttoned, a gold medallion dangling across his chest, and a voluminous quiff of graying hair. »
• « Although raw silk (from silkworms) was only available in China, Seleucid subjects in Mesopotamia dominated the production of textiles from the raw material, creating a commodity of enormous value for markets further west. »
• « Throughout the period of Roman imperial power, only China could produce silk, which was highly sought after in Rome. »
• « Shipments of Chinese silk moved along the aptly named Silk Road through Central Asia, directly linking the two most powerful empires in the world at the time (via, as mentioned above, Persia, which made huge profits in the process). »
• « Along with spices (especially pepper), the silk trade eventually drained huge amounts of gold from Rome, adding up to a serious economic liability over the hundreds of years of trade. »
• « Sassanid silk textiles from Persia were of such high quality that they were even exported to China itself. »
• « Silkworms were smuggled out of China in about 550, at which point Constantinople became the heart of the European silk industry, an imperial monopoly that generated enormous wealth. »
• « The emperor's office also controlled imperial monopolies in key industries such as silk, which were hugely lucrative. »
• « It was illegal to try to compete with the imperial silk industry, so the huge profits went straight into the royal treasury. »
• « Shah Abbas built an imperial monopoly on silk production that served as a vital source of state revenue and did all he could to protect the interests of merchants (including non-Muslims: Christians from Georgia and Armenia as well as Hindus from India were welcome as long as they contributed to Iran's economy). »