Imperial Rome and the Han Dynasty traded. Romans, especially high class women, went crazy for Chinese silk must to the consternation of advocates of Roman virtue. Besides silk, plague and other diseases went West using the trade routes.
1 posted on
09/23/2016 6:22:55 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
There were even Roman soldiers found that were captured in the middle east and sold into slavery that eventually made it to China. Roman coins made it to India and Indonesia.
Even though they were far apart, it isnt like they were on different planets.
2 posted on
09/23/2016 6:28:40 AM PDT by
VanDeKoik
To: C19fan
They were probably delivering take-out and got ambushed.
To: C19fan
only one person of Asian ancestry has ever been found on sites dating back to the Roman EmpireNo mystery. Just because they haven't been digging in the right places, doesn't mean there aren't any. Stuffed shirt learned scholars eating crow again.
4 posted on
09/23/2016 6:31:03 AM PDT by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: C19fan
High quality Roman glass ware has been found in China. The two empires may not have had much direct contact but they knew of each other
7 posted on
09/23/2016 6:34:00 AM PDT by
Fai Mao
To: C19fan
They fought their way on?
8 posted on
09/23/2016 6:34:03 AM PDT by
ETL
(God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
To: C19fan
I guess the Romans liked to eat well...
9 posted on
09/23/2016 6:36:04 AM PDT by
Paradox
("Wishing for a tautology to enact itself is not a strategy.")
To: C19fan
There have been people wandering around ever since there was someplace to wander from.
I love it when academics have to admit they don’t know everything.
11 posted on
09/23/2016 6:44:01 AM PDT by
oldvirginian
(If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
To: C19fan
12 posted on
09/23/2016 6:46:14 AM PDT by
Gaffer
To: C19fan
Roamin’ Chinamen? Looking to obtain some Roman noodles?
13 posted on
09/23/2016 6:47:09 AM PDT by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: C19fan
With the land route being very long & dangerous and considering this time frame was during the Roman Warm Period, I wonder if the Chinese got to England by sailing an ice free Arctic Ocean.
14 posted on
09/23/2016 7:02:04 AM PDT by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: C19fan
Silk from China and cotton from India were available to upper class Romans. The only mystery is why people think such trade could not have happened when the basic routes and modes of transport (camels, horses, wagons, and ships) were little different in 100 BC than in 1400 AD. Human nature and the quest for prestige goods and wealth never change.
15 posted on
09/23/2016 7:04:10 AM PDT by
katana
To: C19fan
18 posted on
09/23/2016 7:12:02 AM PDT by
moovova
To: C19fan
Southwark? Had Shakespeare known of this he might have written a play of the Chinese.
20 posted on
09/23/2016 7:24:27 AM PDT by
onedoug
To: C19fan
26 posted on
09/23/2016 10:51:38 AM PDT by
kiryandil
(George H. W. Bush: "Read my lips. I'm a Republican.")
To: C19fan
27 posted on
09/23/2016 12:32:09 PM PDT by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: C19fan
28 posted on
09/23/2016 12:35:00 PM PDT by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
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