Besides the Qin dynasty's standardisations pertaining to Chinese writing and currency, equally significant was that of ...

like China today, mass-produced trade goods and exported them by sea. Working in shifts until the monsoon stopped them, a team of divers retrieved the ancient artifacts. The treasure—much of it ...

India was an ancient hub of global trade, maintaining strong trade relations with the Roman Empire and the West--contrary to ...

Many archaeological discoveries have shown that Xinjiang bore the imprint of Chinese civilization from its earliest days, with ancient trade routes between the Western Regions and the Central ...

ultimately revealing how the destinies of Ancient East and West became inextricably connected as global trade routes took shape and China’s economic success saw it locked in competition with the ...