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← HistoryWhich Byzantine silk risk increased when sericulture processes expanded?
A)Increased competition from Egyptian linen
B)Potential spread of silkworm pathogens✓
C)Decreased dye availability in Tyre
D)Higher taxes on silk shipments
💡 Explanation
Expanded sericulture increased the risk of disease because high silkworm densities facilitated pathogen Transmission. Therefore, virulent diseases could devastate silk production repeatedly, rather than simply localized problems affecting imports.
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