Dayuan Essays

Han China, Sassanid Persia and the Roman Empire. About 128 BCE, the Yuezhi was recorded as living north of the Oxus River, ruling Bactria as a dependency, but a little later the Great Yuezhi kingdom was in Bactria, and Sogdiana was occupied by the Dayuan. First to arrive in Bactria and Northwest India were the Indo-European Sakas or Scythians, who were driven out of Central Asia by the Yuezhi. In their turn, the Yuezhi occupied Bactria and extended to northwest India. Missionaries from the Great Yuezhi

The Unintended consequences of Zhang Qian’s Mission An important reason the Silk Road was successful, was the fundamental bonds that were created between each kingdom. Zhang Qian, in particular, opened the west to China. Not only did he initiate a commerce interaction between nations, but he also opened a pathway that would spread new cultures and ideas throughout the world. Although his mission was not entirely successful, he initiated the first diplomatic and economic relationships between china