In the mid-6th century CE, two monks, with the support of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I, acquired and smuggled living silkworms into the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantine Empire, which led to
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Serica was one of the easternmost countries of Asia known to the Ancient Greek and Roman geographers. It is generally taken as referring to North China during its Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties, as it w
Green Roman glass cup unearthed from an Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD) tomb, Guangxi, China
Bronze coin of Constantius II (337–361), found in Karghalik, modern China
Silk from Mawangdui
Western Han blue glass bowl