ISBN : 9789811256424
Author : Yuqin Sun
Publisher : World Science
Year : 2023
Language : English
Type : Book
Description : China boasts a long history of foreign trade. As early as the pre-Qin period, residents of the country began to ship silk and other merchandise on outbound voyages. From the 2nd century BCE on, China has been connected to the rest of the world via the Overland Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road initiated in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty.