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smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire

6th century event, in which two Nestorian monks smuggled silkworm from China into the Byzantine Empire, leading to the establishment of an indigenous Byzantine silk industry
Event occurrence Q16931947
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smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire

Summary

smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire is an occurrence[1]. It draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (occurrence category, ranking #200 of 1,403).[2]

Key Facts

  • smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire's instance of is recorded as occurrence[3].
  • smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire's subclass of is recorded as smuggling[4].
  • smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire's point in time is recorded as +0552-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0t53d5x[6].
  • smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire's class of object is recorded as Bombyx mori[7].

Why It Matters

smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (occurrence category, ranking #200 of 1,403).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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