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← HistoryWhich consequence resulted when Byzantine silk production involved exporting silkworm eggs?
A)Increased disease susceptibility in silk
B)Monopoly power weakened significantly✓
C)Weaker trade relations developed globally
D)Silk Road travel became shorter
💡 Explanation
By exporting fertilized silkworm eggs, the Byzantines lost control over silk production’s sericulture element rather than preventing disease. This is because germ plasm sharing diffused knowledge, therefore Byzantium could no longer prevent independent sericulture elsewhere, rather than improved relations due to shared knowledge.
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