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Thread: A war led to the opening of Silk Road
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[quote=GUEST24215,254616]Around 00 BC then, there was no Silk Route. There was no free flow of human traffic from the West-East vice versa because the land mass in between them - ie western region of present day China, was occupied and dominated by the XiongNu Hun and the Han Chinese & those from the west were reluctant to move across this hostile region. The XiongNu were stronger & were constantly making raids into Chinese territory to the annoyance of the Han Dynasty. Only when the 4th Emperor of Han Dynasty decided to settle this "irritation" once and for all, that he took the battles to the XiongNu and decisively defeated them and drove them out of the western region ( I believe presently Qinghai/XInJiang areas), that this landmass became peaceful and was opened to traffic flow between the east-west. Thereafter began the SIlk Route. Of cos over the last 2000 yrs or so, transportation mode has improved so much that the Silk Route is now almost obsolete. Coupled with the weather conditions there, those ancient towns/cities have since been neglected and run-down. But in them lies great history - 1 of which involved the Parthians & the legendary Roman settlement Gangsu's LiJian.[/quote]
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