A MEETING OF SOLIDARITY  

作　　者：Ma Miaomiao 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《Beijing Review》2023年第21期12-15,共4页北京周报（英文版）

摘　　要：Some 2,100 years ago,Zhang Qian,a diplomat of the Han Dynasty(206 B.C.-A.D.220),set off from Chang'an,now known as Xi'an,capital of Shaanxi Province in northwest China,to visit regions including parts of Central Asia as a royal envoy.His missions of peace and friendship opened the original Silk Road with Xi'an as the starting point,which later expanded into a network of East-West trade routes linking Europe with Asia.

关 键 词：LINKING STARTING expanded 

分 类 号：K234[历史地理—历史学] F125[历史地理—中国史]