# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q16931947](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16931947)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling_of_silkworm_eggs_into_the_East_Roman_Empire)  
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