On the question of silk in pre-Han Eurasia. (China's Han Dynasty)

Silk was already in use in Eurasia even before the Han Dynasty. Traces of silk fiber were found in Uzbekistan and in the Scythian burials of Siberia, which date back to the Middle Bronze Age. Early Western textiles could have contained wild silk. Wild tussah silk was used in India and Mongolia during the time when Chinese silk was gaining world popularity. When was silk first brought across the steppe from far China towards the European world? There is silk from the Middle Bronze Age of Uzbekistan, in Scythian burials of Siberia and among the Hallstatt grave-goods of western Europe. Teasing o...