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← HistoryWhich outcome resulted directly after the silkworm egg smuggling into Byzantium?
A)Increased gold coin standardization
B)Reduced Byzantine dependence on Persia✓
C)Expanded Roman concrete production
D)Limited merchant guild power influence
💡 Explanation
Byzantium gained sericulture capabilities, because *localized production* via smuggled silkworm eggs reduced reliance on Persian silk. Therefore, dependence decreased rather than increasing standardization or enabling unrelated techniques; localized manufacturing had reduced external influence.
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