Your property tax bill is based on the assessed value of your property, any exemptions you qualify for and a property tax rate. The assessed value of your property is determined on a certain date.
Although these techniques were strictly controlled by imperial decree, eventually silkworms were smuggled out to establish sericulture in Korea, Japan, and India. It seems to be first produced in China around 3000 BC. Silk was spun in ancient China from silkworms (b<i>ombyx mori</i>) as early as 5000 BC. Over the period from 2700 BC to 1600 BC, domestication techniques enabled extensive production of silk thread and cloth.
It was only as late as the 13th century AD, that Italy began silk production, with the introduction of 2000 skilled silk weavers from Persia. Thatâs only about 700 years ago, which isnât very long considering that silk came to India one thousand years before that.