Text: The silk trade played a large role in Lyon's expansion in the 16th century and France's second-largest city remains a proserous and growing banking, textile, and industrial center with a bouncy pride, a taste for the good life, an important cultural heritage, and a lively contemporary arts scene.
Entailment: Lyon expanded in the 16th century thanks to trade and cultural growth.
Contradiction: Lyon has fallen into disarray since the silk trade days.