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    Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced...
    80 KB (8,438 words) - 05:53, 22 May 2024
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    The Silk Road (Chinese: 丝绸之路) was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over 6,400...
    107 KB (12,476 words) - 18:11, 16 May 2024
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    The production of silk originated in Neolithic China within the Yangshao culture (4th millennium BC). Though it would later reach other places in the world...
    61 KB (7,486 words) - 08:49, 23 March 2024
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    Spider silk is a protein fibre or silk spun by spiders. Spiders use silk to make webs or other structures that function as adhesive traps to catch prey...
    81 KB (7,655 words) - 20:06, 22 May 2024
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    Eri silk (Khasi: Ryndia) is the product of the domesticated silkworm Samia ricini, found mainly in North East India and some part of China and Japan. It...
    5 KB (671 words) - 10:27, 4 April 2024
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    Sericulture (redirect from Silk farming)
    Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, the caterpillar...
    14 KB (1,480 words) - 08:35, 3 May 2024
  • Silk Stalkings is an American crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on November 7, 1991, as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After...
    16 KB (1,857 words) - 04:20, 8 May 2024
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    62 KB (7,536 words) - 02:08, 25 May 2024
  • life imprisonment for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. The site operated as a hidden service...
    52 KB (4,286 words) - 17:57, 24 May 2024
  • Rayon (redirect from Sabra silk)
    also called viscose and commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, is a semi-synthetic fiber, made from natural sources of regenerated...
    47 KB (5,256 words) - 12:17, 14 May 2024
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    Silk painting refers to paintings on silk. They are a traditional way of painting in Asia. Methods vary, but using traditional supplies of 100% silk fabric...
    3 KB (441 words) - 00:21, 21 December 2023
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    Sea silk is an extremely fine, rare, and valuable fabric that is made from the long silky filaments or byssus secreted by a gland in the foot of pen shells...
    15 KB (2,060 words) - 13:37, 20 May 2024
  • Chennai Silks is chain of retail textile shops in South India. Its founder Thiru. A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar, who was living in a village near Avinashi...
    5 KB (209 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2024
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    Lotus silk (Burmese: ပိုးကြာချည် or Burmese: ကြာချည်, lit. 'lotus thread') is a type of textile produced using delicate lotus stem fibers. The fabric first...
    6 KB (541 words) - 21:26, 8 March 2024
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    known in China as the One Belt One Road and sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese...
    204 KB (19,546 words) - 12:39, 22 May 2024
  • Murshidabad silk (Bengali: মুর্শিদাবাদী রেশম) is produced in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. This silk is produced from mulberry silkworms (Bombyx...
    9 KB (940 words) - 00:25, 11 April 2024
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    Central Silk Board junction, commonly known as the Silk Board junction, is a road junction in Bangalore, India. Located adjacent to the Central Silk Board...
    7 KB (746 words) - 07:15, 29 February 2024
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    Silk Street (Chinese: 秀水街; pinyin: Xiùshuǐ Jiē; lit. 'beautiful Water Street', Xiushui Street), aka Silk Market or Silk Street Market, is a shopping center...
    8 KB (1,026 words) - 20:09, 4 January 2024
  • Garnet Silk (born Garnet Damion Smith; 2 April 1966 – 9 December 1994) was a Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian, known for his diverse, emotive,...
    12 KB (1,503 words) - 13:33, 20 May 2024
  • SilkAir Flight 185 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 737-300 from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia...
    38 KB (4,005 words) - 13:09, 19 May 2024
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