ШЕЛКОПРЯД — Почему в Китае 3 000 лет казнили всех, кто вывозил его из страны?

The silkworm—a tiny, blind insect unable to survive even a single day in the wild—was China's most closely guarded state secret for three thousand years, punishable by death for disclosure. How did one caterpillar change the map of the world, create the Great Silk Road, and enrich entire empires? We tell the astonishing story of Bombyx mori—the only truly domesticated insect on the planet, whose fiber is stronger than steel and lighter than air.