The Legend of Eastern and Western Exchange on the Silk Road

Author: Jean-Pierre Drege
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Features: The Silk Road is a history of exchange between the East and the West. After 15 centuries of diplomatic missions, trade, wars, and navigation, people finally realized that the "Cathay" described by Marco Polo and the "Serica" mentioned by ancient Romans were actually China, which the Portuguese "discovered" only in 1513.