The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances

Note 44 — Chapter II · HISTORY OF THE SILK MANUFACTURE CONTINUED TO THE FOURTH CENTURY.

Reading edition

Mannert (Geogr. iv. 6. 7. p. 517.) attributes the excessive dearness of silk in the third century to the victories of the Persians, which at that time cut off all direct communication between Serica and the western world.

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