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Glossary

2 articles

ChineseHistoire5 min

The Silk Road: the history of a network that linked two worlds

History of the Silk Road: opening under the Han, Zhang Qian's mission, the silk trade, the exchange of ideas and religions, decline and legacy.

21 mai 2026Read

ChineseHistoire6 min

Chinese silk: a 3,000-year secret and the road that linked the world

The history of Chinese silk: sericulture, the legend of Leizu, the jealously guarded secret, the Silk Road and its theft to Byzantium in the sixth century.

4 mars 2026Read