The History of Silk
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The History of Silk

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202619 min
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Silk- the fabric that Kings and Queens of Europe craved brought two civilizations together and in the process changed the world. OK Let’s Learn what silk is, how it’s made and why China for thousands of years tried to keep it a secret. Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’...

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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into books, stories, people, science, history, and tons of different topics. My name is Kevin O'Keeve. So today, OK, let's learn all about the history of silk. Yes, that smooth fabric. Yes, that material that kings and queens

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in Europe wanted so badly. I mean you can argue that Columbus ended up going on his voyage just so that he could find silk yes with the spices yes with the gold and silver but ultimately it is an amazing story they named a road or roads after silk which was Europe to China so much is interesting about the history

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what is silk, how it was made, how it came to be, and really where is it and what is happening with it today. So, okay, let's learn about the history of silk. Now, first off, before we go into what silk is, everything that we learned and everything that's happened in history is based on context in terms of what was happening. Yes, during this time, Columbus would not have gone off in 1492.

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