Nta gushidikanya ko silika ari ikintu cyiza kandi gikoreshwa n'abakire muri sosiyete. Mu myaka yashize, ikoreshwa mu dukapu tw'imisego, udupfukamunwa tw'amaso n'imyenda yo kurarana, ndetse n'udutambaro byagiye byifashishwa mu bice bitandukanye by'isi.

Nubwo ikunzwe cyane, abantu bake ni bo basobanukiwe aho imyenda ya silika ikomoka.

Igitambaro cya silk cyatangiye gukorwa mu Bushinwa bwa Kera. Ariko, ingero za silk za mbere zasigaye zishobora kuboneka mu gihe hari poroteyine ya silk mu butaka bw’imva ebyiri ziri mu gace ka Neolithic i Jiahu muri Henan, kuva mu mwaka wa 85000.

Mu gihe cya Odyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, agerageza guhisha uwo ari we, umugore we Penelope yabajijwe ku myambarire y'umugabo we; yavuze ko yambaraga ishati irabagirana nk'uruhu rw'igitunguru cyumye, bivuze ko imyenda ya silk irabagirana.

Ubwami bw'Abaroma bwaha agaciro cyane imyenda ya silike. Bityo bacuruzaga imyenda ya silike ihenze cyane, ari yo imyenda y'Abashinwa.

Silika ni fibre ya poroteyine yonyine; ibice by'ingenzi bya fibre ya poroteyine ya silika ni fibroin. Udukoko twa zimwe mu dukoko dutera fibroin kugira ngo tugire cocoons. Urugero, hariri ikungahaye cyane iboneka mu cocoons za cocoons za mulberry silkworm zororerwa mu buryo bwa sericulture (zororerwa hakoreshejwe uburyo bwo kororerwa).

Ubworozi bw'udusimba tw'ubudodo bwa silkworm bwatumye habaho ubudodo bw'ubudodo bucuruzwa. Ubusanzwe bwororerwaga kugira ngo bukore ubudodo bw'ubudodo bw'umweru, budafite imyunyu ngugu hejuru. Muri iki gihe, ubudodo bukorwa ku bwinshi mu buryo butandukanye.