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| Tango01 | 20 Oct 2016 12:56 p.m. PST |
…Before Marco Polo. "While Europe battled and traded, China appeared to be a civilization that had grown completely independently of the West. However, the truth is that China has been in contact with the West since the Roman Empire. As far back as the time of Julius Caesar, the empires of China and Rome influenced each other in more ways than you'd expect…"
See here
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| John Treadaway | 20 Oct 2016 2:39 p.m. PST |
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 Parzival  | 20 Oct 2016 2:54 p.m. PST |
Just read that researchers are suggesting the famous clay soldiers are actually the product of Greek sculptors, or at least based on Greek sculpting techniques. These researchers argue that aside from the tomb, there are no other examples of life-like human sculpture in China from the same time period. So send your ancient Greeks against your ancient Chinese, 'cause "it could have happened…"  |
| Patrick Sexton | 21 Oct 2016 7:52 a.m. PST |
In 'The Long Ago' (1978 or so) my Sassanid army included a unit of Chinese heavy cavalry representing a exiled Chinese prince named Mamgo who arrived at the Persian court seeking asylum along with his troops. Haven't thought of him in and his troops in while. |
| Tango01 | 21 Oct 2016 12:20 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile)
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