The process of opening up inland regions to the world are going to be quickened and the remote autonomous region of Xinjiang can spearhead the drive, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.

The Han Dynasty was founded by Liu Bang (r. 206–195 b.c.e.), a commoner who had risen through the ranks to become a general. He had little idea of how to rule a country, but he had the good sense to know that to establish a stable government he had to do away with the legalist way of governing.

In what would be a slap at the Taliban, researchers claim it may be possible to recreate and restore the smaller of the two Buddha statues the Taliban reduced to rubble ten years ago.

An adventure of Marco Polo on the Silk Road when he was 12 (an invented adventure so it is false)

A few quick facts about the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan.

Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644), the last dynasty of native-born Chinese rulers.

The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.), the second imperial dynasty of China.

A little discussion over the idea of a Post-Classical world economic network.

Mongols and Vikings were both alike, in the 13th century, in how they took over new areas with no mercy and brought chaos, initially, these two cultures were different in that the Mongols set up well protected trade routes while the Vikings only stole valuable items and set up no new organization.

An introduction to the trade route that once linked China with Mediterranean Europe.