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N The Silk Road Caravans across Eurasia ~ 200 BC · 1450 AD A history in thirteen panels I. Origins — A Han Envoy Heads West In 138 BC , Emperor Wu of the Han dispatched the diplomat Zhang Qian to find allies against the Xiongnu. He was captured for a decade, escaped, and returned with reports of vast civilizations beyond the Pamirs — Bactria, Parthia, Ferghana. Key sections include: The Silk Road; I. Origins — A Han Envoy Heads West; II. Not One Road — A Network; III. The Traders; IV. Goods, Both Ways; V. The Bigger Trade — Ideas; VI. The Tang Apogee (618 – 907); VII. The Mongol Pax (1206 – 1368); VIII. The Plague Rides West (~1346); IX. The Maritime Silk Road.
Key sections
- 01The Silk Road
- 02I. Origins — A Han Envoy Heads West
- 03II. Not One Road — A Network
- 04III. The Traders
- 05IV. Goods, Both Ways
- 06V. The Bigger Trade — Ideas
- 07VI. The Tang Apogee (618 – 907)
- 08VII. The Mongol Pax (1206 – 1368)
