CONNECTING WOMEN TO THE SILK ROADS Primary Sources Connect Women to the Silk Road

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Tang Dynasty Statue

In China, it was often well-to-do women who rode. Women in Tang society over time changed their appearance and clothes. This fashionably plump female rider wears loose garments with wide collars.

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CONNECTING WOMEN TO THE SILK ROADS
Introduction

Influential Women	Women and Silk Production	Exploring Primary Sources
Tang dynasty’s Wu Zetian	Making Silk	Primary Source Lessons
Princess Wencheng	Wearing Silk
Sorghaghtani Beki	Reviving Silk Traditions
Empress Irene