There's some really interesting stuff about the economic significance of silk in the Talmud.

For real! That sounds fascinating. It does seem an especially weird topic to approach purely through a European lens.

I want to know the stories of the dynamics of silk usage and silk trade in the eras before european colonization became such a huge force in the world as well?!

This! Again, particularly for this story. I'd be really interested in the Chinese history of silk and its local effects, especially as the Silk Routes became more widely used! Especially since most of what I know is from a European POV already.