Archaeologists uncovered 200 ancient tombs in China, offering new insights into early life in the region during the Qin and ...

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 ...

The trade route originated from the tea-horse trade markets, where Han and Tibetan people exchanged goods. The trade dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) and became more organised during ...

Two ancient Silk Road sites in China - the Tuyugou Grottoes in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Xuanquanzhi Ruins in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu Province - have ...

At the top of the famous trade route, the ancient site boasts ... around the second century BCE. The Han dynasty established the Silk Road as the Shang rose to prominence around 1750 BCE.

In 202 BC, Liu Bang (256 BC-195 BC) defeated Xiang Yu (232 BC-202 BC) and set up the Western Han imperial court ... he opened the trade route from Gansu Corridor to Central Asian countries.