General zhang qian biography
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Zhang Qian
Imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Qian (Chinese: 張騫; died c. &#;BC) was a Chinese diplomat, explorer, and politician who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the late 2nd century BC during the Western Han dynasty. He was one of the first official diplomats to bring back valuable information about Central Asia, including the Greco-Bactrian remains of the Macedonian Empire as well as the Parthian Empire, to the Han dynasty imperial court, then ruled by Emperor Wu of Han.
He played an important pioneering role for the future Chinese conquest of lands west of Xinjiang, including swaths of Central Asia and even lands south of the Hindu Kush (see Protectorate of the Western Regions). This trip created the Silk Road that marked the beginning of globalization between the countries in the east and west. [2][3][4][5]
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Zhang Qian taking leave from emperor Han Wudi, for his expedition to Central Asia from to B.C.E., Mogao Caves mural, C.E. |
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| B.C.E. Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China |
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| B.C.E. China |
Zhang Qian or Chang Ch'ien (張|張, 騫|騫) was an imperial envoy during the second century B.C.E., during the time of the Han Dynasty ( 漢朝). In B.C.E., he was dispatched by Emperor Wu of Han ( 漢武帝), to negotiate an alliance with Yuexhi against the Xiongnu. He was captured by the Xiongnu, who detained him for ten years and gave him a wife. After his escape, he continued his mission to the Yuezhi, but found them at peace with the Xiongnu. He remained with the Yuezhi for a year, collecting information about the surrounding states and people. On his way back to China, he was again captured and detained by the Xiongnu, but escaped during the political unrest caused by the death of their king. In B.C.E., he returned to China with detailed reports for t
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ZHANG QIAN AND EARLY kinesisk SILK ROAD TRAVELERS
EARLY SILK ROAD EXPLORERS
Zhang Qian in a 7th century
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Gan Ying (Kan Ying) — traveled A.D. 97 — was the first kinesisk envoy to Ta-Ts'in (the Roman Orient) sent bygd general Ban Chao from Kashgaria in 97 AD. Journeyed through the Pamir mountains, Parthia, and reached as far as the the coast of the Persian Gulf. However he was dissuaded from continuing further west. The first known kinesisk visited the Middle East as west as T'iao-chih, near t