Shakka babu siliki abu ne mai ban sha'awa da kyan gani wanda attajirai a cikin al'umma ke amfani da shi. A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, an rungumi amfani da shi wajen yin matashin kai, abin rufe fuska da kayan bacci, da gyale a sassa daban-daban na duniya.

Duk da shahararsa, mutane kaɗan ne kawai suka fahimci inda yadudduka na siliki suka fito.

An fara haɓaka masana'anta na siliki a cikin tsohuwar kasar Sin. Koyaya, ana iya samun samfuran siliki na farko a cikin kasancewar furotin siliki na fibroin a cikin samfuran ƙasa daga kaburbura biyu a wurin Neolithic a Jiahu a Henan, tun daga 85000.

A lokacin Odyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, yana ƙoƙarin ɓoye ainihin sa, an tambayi matarsa ​​Penelope game da tufafin mijinta; Ta ambaci cewa ta sa rigar da ke kyalli kamar fatar busasshiyar albasa tana nufin kyakyawar kyallen siliki.

Daular Roma tana daraja siliki sosai. Don haka sun yi ciniki da siliki mafi tsada, wato siliki na kasar Sin.

Siliki shine fiber na furotin mai tsabta; Babban abubuwan da ke cikin fiber na furotin na siliki shine fibroin. Larvae na wasu kwari suna samar da fibroin don samar da kwakwa. Misali, mafi kyawun siliki mai arziƙi yana samuwa ne daga kwakwalen tsutsa na mulberry silkworm wanda ake reno ta hanyar hanyar sericulture (rearing by captivity).

Renon siliki pupae ya haifar da samar da siliki na kasuwanci. Yawancin lokaci ana kiwo su don samar da zaren siliki mai launin fari, wanda ba shi da ma'adanai a saman. A halin yanzu, ana samar da siliki da yawa don dalilai daban-daban.