Question
Description acceptable. To accomplish this action, the men involved hid certain kinds of eggs and larvae in their bamboo canes. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this sixth-century event that was perpetrated by two Nestorian monks returning from China to Constantinople.
ANSWER: smuggling silk into the Byzantine empire [accept obvious equivalents]
[10e] Weaving silk and other fabrics was mechanized with the invention of these devices which use components called frames. Steam-powered examples of these devices were often smashed by the Luddites.
ANSWER: looms [accept power looms]
[10h] The Sogdians, who were essentially middle men on the Silk Road, occupied this region in lower Central Asia containing the city of Samarkand. This region is geographically confined by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers.
ANSWER: Transoxiana
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 88% | 88% | 25% |