c. 550
Agriculture
Byzantium
Silkworm smuggling to Byzantium
Monks carried eggs and mulberry knowledge west, breaking a Chinese monopoly.
Why it mattered
Industrial espionage that reshaped Mediterranean trade.
Middle Ages
550
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