Key Events
3630 BCE
3630 BCE ORIGINS OF SILK
Silk comes from silkworms and the first examples of it being used in China date to 3630 BCE. By the Han period in China, silk has become a regularly produced material, although revealing its production secrets is punishable by death.
CREATION 2nd century BCE
The start of the Silk Road is a combination of three great powers: the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great’s
