Silk ties: the links between Ancient Rome & China.

From: History Today | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

China and Rome were the two great economic superpowers of the Ancient World. Yet their empires were separated by thousands of miles of inhospitable terrain, dramatically reducing the opportunities for direct communication. Raoul McLaughlin investigates what exactly the Romans and Chinese knew about the existence of each other and examines evidence for early contacts.

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During the early Roman period the powerful Parthian kingdom (247 BC-AD 220) controlled the territories of Iraq and Iran and blocked further Roman expansion into the Middle East. In 53 ...

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