Tomb of Zhang Qian was built in honor of Zhang Qian, who was sent by Emperor Wu Di of Western Han Dynasty as the special envoy on a diplomatic mission to the Western Regions. Thanks to his ...

Few merchants actually travelled the entire 4,000-mile-long route — goods were instead passed between ... This involved sending envoys, like the Han ambassador Zhang Qian, expand diplomatic ...

Unfortunately, Zhang Qian was captured by the Xiongnu en route and imprisoned for ten years, during which time he married a nomad wife and had a son. However, he remained intent on completing his ...

They found that the northward shift of the ancient Silk Road (SR) route in arid NW China provides a rare opportunity to carry out such studies. After the dispatch of Zhang Qian to the Western ...

Zhang Qian who was dispatched by Emperor Wu of Han to establish relations with the tribe of Da Yuezhi was captured by the Xiongnu nomadic enemies of Han and detained in the court for 10 years ...