Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. During the Han ... and in the process pioneered the route known as the "Silk Road" from Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province ...

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 BC ... and in the process pioneered the route known as the "Silk Road" from Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), through Xinjiang ...

Good ideas travel easilyand far along trade routes, and the Silk Road was no exception to that rule. A famous example of a Chinese invention that helped to transform the world is paper. Paper was ...

Credit: User:Kaidor/Wikimedia Commons What we call the Silk Road today began to take shape during the Chinese Han dynasty, around the 2nd century B.C. After subduing the nomadic Xiongnu tribes to the ...

has recently unearthed new discoveries depicting Han-Tibetan cultural exchanges during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Archaeologist Xue Feng told the Global Times that the Wenjiangduo site was once a ...

Historical accounts of the Silk Road begin in China in the 100s, when the Han Dynasty used its many routes to trade with the peoples of Central and South Asia. Han soldiers protected the roads and ...

while Han passengers eat bowls of noodles, adding plenty of cumin and chili powder. If the police and army presence represent the stick, measures like the “New Silk Road” are the carrot that ...

China has the prosperous of economy and cultural during the Han Dynasty. The ancient Silk Road was established in the Han Dynasty, and continues to this day, which serving as an important bridge ...

Monks and Merchants tells the story of the crucial role this region played in the transformation wrought on Chinese civilization by the Silk Road. The exhibition at the Asia Society focuses on the ...

Archaeologists exploring a nearly 2,200-year-old Chinese tomb belonging to an emperor of the Han Dynasty recently stumbled ... about the history of the Silk Road. The ancient tea was discovered ...