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 ...

Important periods for the Silk Road were the Chinese Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-C.E. 220), the Chinese Tang dynasty (C.E. 618-907), and the Mongol Khanate (13th and 14th centuries). The Mongols, who ...

The road derives its name from the lucrative trade in Chinese silk carried out along its length, with the early origins of the route emerging during the Han Dynasty in 206 BC. This was ...

Experts reveal that merchants brought domestic cats to China via the Silk Road, supported by new DNA research on ancient cat ...

Together, they mark "the cultural pathway of the Silk Road on a global map". He goes on to explain ... Two sides of a Tang Dynasty (618-907) tricolor ceramic phoenix-shaped ewer, a product of ...

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 ...