@uraan_stories_official: Women in Al-Andalus Used Body Heat to Hatch Silkworm Eggs. A document from Córdoba around 961 CE records that women began incubating silkworm eggs in February and that the worms hatched in March. The timing was critical. Silkworm larvae needed fresh young mulberry leaves as soon as they emerged. Later Andalusian agricultural tradition describes women keeping small bags of silkworm eggs close to the warmth of the body to help them hatch. After hatching, the tiny worms were fed fresh mulberry leaves for several weeks. Then they climbed onto branches and spun cocoons. A single cocoon can contain hundreds of meters of continuous silk filament. Hot water softened the natural gum holding the cocoon together, allowing the fine filaments to be reeled and combined into usable silk thread. Centuries later, Andalusian silk was being traded throughout the Mediterranean and purchased by European merchants. #AlAndalus #IslamicHistory #SilkProduction #MedievalTechnology #HistoryTok

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