HIST 025 Lecture 26: Hist 025 - LEC26

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: History (HIST)
• Course: HIST 025
• Professor: Mangnall

Document Summary

Han wu di, zhand qian and the creation of the silk roads. Zhang qian departs on a mission to the west to find allies against the nomadic xiongnu. Zhang qian captured by the xiongnu and held for 10 years married a xiongnu wife and has a son. Eventually he and his family escaped and fled west into batria. Zhang qian returns to china he found no allies. Commercial intelligence: chinese goods, imported through southwest china via. Han wu-di saw the value in establish direct trading relations with these people through india. Led to the creation of the silk roads. Establishes a broad zone of communication and exchange throughout much of the. Nearby peoples greatly influenced by classical societies and seek the wealth they generated leads to the preoccupation of classical societies with neighboring, especially nomadic, peoples. Profoundly influenced classical societies, brought wealth, access to foreign products, allowed a society to concentrate on economic activities that best suited their region.