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THE IRANIAN-GEORGIAN BRANCH OF THE SILK ROAD IN I-IVTH CENTURIES |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:35 来源：不详
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sp;but for the exchange of ideas, religious beliefs, and art.[5] We have some information about its stations from the West to the East from the first century A.D. However, here, we will try to show its passage expanding from the north and northwestern part of present Iran to Georgia by the land-route and the sea-route through the Caspian Sea.
a. The Main Branches of the Silk Road
The Silk Road was opened firstly under the rule of Emperor Wudi of Han China (140-87 B.C.), during his activities for opening China to the West and obtaining the Xiyu region (Eastern Turkestan) from the Xiongnu in order to set up political, economical and cultural communications with the Western countries, and it has a history of 2000 years at least.[6] Wudi sent envoys to the Parthian Empire (Arshakids) in Iran in 110 B.C. to find some secondary routes for the Silk Road trade because the Xiongnu had its main routes in Mongolia and Gansu. The Xiongnu were intermediaries in the Silk trade with the Western countries, and created obstacles to Chin上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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