Ihe ịrụ ụka adịghị ya na silk bụ ihe dị oké ọnụ ahịa ma mara mma nke ndị ọgaranya na ọha mmadụ na-eji. N'ime afọ ndị gafeworonụ, a nabatala iji ya eme akwa ohiri isi, ihe mkpuchi anya na pajamas, na ịchafụ n'akụkụ dị iche iche nke ụwa.

N'agbanyeghị na ọ na-ewu ewu, ọ bụ naanị mmadụ ole na ole ghọtara ebe akwa silk si bịa.

Ebu ụzọ mepụta akwa silk na China oge ochie. Agbanyeghị, enwere ike ịhụ ihe nlele silk mbụ dị ndụ na ọnụnọ nke silk protein fibroin n'ime ihe nlele ala sitere na ili abụọ na saịtị Neolithic dị na Jiahu na Henan, malitere na 85000.

N'oge Odyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, na-agbalị izochi njirimara ya, a jụrụ nwunye ya Penelope banyere uwe di ya; o kwuru na ya yi uwe elu na-egbuke egbuke dị ka akpụkpọ yabasị akpọnwụ akpọnwụ na-ezo aka n'ịdị mma nke akwa silk.

Alaeze Ukwu Rom ji silk kpọrọ ihe nke ukwuu. Ya mere, ha na-azụ ahịa na silk kacha ọnụ ahịa, nke bụ silk ndị China.

Silk bụ eriri protein dị ọcha; Isi akụkụ nke eriri protein nke silk bụ fibroin. Larvae nke ụfọdụ ụmụ ahụhụ na-emepụta fibroin na-emepụta akị. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, a na-enweta silk bara ọgaranya kachasị mma site na cocoons nke larvae nke mulberry silkworm nke a na-azụ site na usoro nke sericulture (ịzụlite site na ndọrọ).

Ịzụlite silkworm pupae dugara na mmepụta nke silk azụmahịa. A na-azụkarị ha iji mepụta eri silk na-acha ọcha, nke na-enweghị mineral n'elu. N'oge a, a na-emepụta silk n'ọtụtụ buru ibu maka ebumnuche dị iche iche.