c. 130 BCE
Exploration
China
Silk Road opens
Han envoy Zhang Qian's missions west linked China to Central Asia and beyond.
Why it mattered
Created the first sustained exchange of goods, faiths and disease across Eurasia.
Antiquity
130 BCE
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