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Silk is light, it has good insulation, it soft, it shiny, also it is easy to dye with colors.

http://www.silkfabric.info/properties/properties-of-silk.html

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silk was a rare material because china had the secret recipe to make it, people like it because it thinness and softness

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People ued to desire silk and obsess over it because it was a rich and rare material

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Silk is so valuable because it takes a lot of silk worms and time to make silk. Also, production cost a lot and that is why silk was limited. Lastly, it was smooth, shiny, and strong (the material was good quality).

https://webaquila.tech/why-silk-is-so-expensive/

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it was comfortbull derubull

it was only made in china

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It was so called a luxury fabric but it was very easy to

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Silk was easy to transfer across the Silk Road and super light. It was also a secret on how to make the silk, which made it a high demand from other places around China.

https://www.chinahighlights.com/silkroad/significance.htm

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silk is important because well one, silk has a smooth texture and is was the most used product for clothing back then.

"Silk is a fabric first produced in Neolithic China from the filaments of the cocoon of the silk worm......Chinese silk spread so that it became highly desired across the empires of the ancient world."

Website:
Silk in Antiquity - World History Encyclopedia

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Silk is valuable because each silkworm only makes one piece of thread therefore there is very little of it so everyone wants it.

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Silk is unique because it is very strong and durable

https://lalouettesilk.com/blog/the-benefits-of-silk/#:~:text=It's%20Strong%20and%20Durable&text=For%20a%20fabric%20so%20thin,made%20armor%20out%20of%20silk.

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It says it is valuable because only china had it and they only had a limited supply

Where I got My information.

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the harder it is to get something the more wanted/valuable  it will become they also only had a limited supply (only from china) (it was a very luxurious fabric)

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The farmers have to wait for the worms to make cocoons and then they have to unravel the cocoons and make them into to dresses and pillows etc.

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Silk is important, and valuable, because it is made from a fiber in a certain cocoon. In ancient times and civilizations, silk was valuable because it was rare, and hard to supply.

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silk is so expensive because it takes a lot of resources and is very costly
https://medium.com/@aquilaeagle/why-silk-is-so-expensive-aquila-ae5b3cee8e16#:~:text=Silk%20is%20mostly%20from%20the,production%20costs%20and%20high%20quality.

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SIlk was important because it was only made in China, and could not be found anywhere else. Silk was also a very soft miterial unlike cottin, Because of this the Romans loved silk and would trade gold just to have silk.

https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/silk_road.php#:~:text=It%20went%20along%20the%20northern,Turkey%20and%20the%20Mediterranean%20Sea.&text=Why%20was%20the%20Silk%20Road,of%20different%20kingdoms%20and%20empires.

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Silk is really smooth. It is also wrinkle and tear resistant. Silk is the most hypoallergenic of all fabrics.
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www.britishmuseum.com