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The Romans paid a high price for a pound of silk.

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How much is silk per pound?

Your answer depends on the condition in which you want to purchase silk. A pound of unraveled cocoons will be priced differently from a pound of spun silk yarn or a pound of woven jacquard silk fabric.


How did the Romans think silk was made?

Romans thought silk grew on trees instead of being manufactured


Why was it hard for the Romans to find silk weavers?

The Romans did not look for silk weavers. They imported silk from China. The Chinese were very far from Europe and kept the art of silk making secret.


Was the price of a pound of silk equal to the price of a pound of gold in ancient china?

There is no such Chinese saying. #1. Pound is not a Chinese unit of measurement. #2. A unit of weight in silk can't possibly command the same unit of weight in gold. That doesn't even make sense. #3. Chinese people are not stupid, they do not say idiotic things like that. I think you heard it from a carpet seller.


Silk was especially desired by?

the Romans


Were did the Romans empire get silk from?

the battle near Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia


What product did the Romans trade for Chinese silk?

Glass


Why was papyrus used instead of silk for scribing hieroglyphs?

Silk was introduced to Egypt much later by Romans.


Conflicts that occurred on the silk roads?

One conflict is that the Romans sent out soldiers on the silk road to find out how to make silk, but they didn't succeed.


Why did Romans want to find who made the silk?

silk was first found in china. when the Europeans went to China they saw the silk witch was made by the Chinease and they wanted the silk as the silk was really valuable back then.


How did the Romans trade?

They used the Med. sea and the Silk Road that connected them to China.


Silk was especially desired by which a the Chinese b the Romans c Buddhists d Changan?

The romans desired it because the Chinese had it and they didn't have it