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search Not to be confused with Serres or Ceres. "Seres"
redirects here. For the Australian bridge player, see Tim Seres.
For the English printer, see William Seres. For the Tea Clipper
(ship), see Serica (clipper).  The Seres (Greek: Σῆρες, Latin:
Sērēs) were inhabitants of the land Serica, named by the ancient
Greek and Roman.[1] It meant "of silk," or people of the "land
where silk comes from," and is thought to derive from the
Chinese word for silk, si (Traditional Chinese: 絲; Simplified
Chinese: 丝; pinyin: sī). It is itself at the origin of the Latin
for "silk", sērĭcă.[citation needed]  The Seres and their
country were named after the central product which sustained
their industry, the "Ser" or Silkworm. Some classicists argued
that it was extremely improbable that a nation would be named
after an insect, and the 19th Century orientalist Christian
Lassen identified them in the sacred books of the Hindus as the
"Caka, Tukhara, and Kanka".  Mention