Masses of people have heard of the Silk Road, but the majority of them could not tell you how it came to be in the first place. Silk, in general, was a very important commodity to the surrounding populations during the Tang Period. It is a natural product that comes from the silkworm, and can produce up to “3280 feet in its lifespan of twenty-eight days” (“China Silk”). The Silk Road itself was mapped out when silk became more and more popular. The fabric was being traded and purchased all the way from Rome (Stokstad 349). Silk eventually became just as worthy as the value of gold (“China Silk”). Ladies preparing Newly Woven Silk illustrates what the process entailed as well as who took part in it, from women to children. Silk, to me, is one