Ep. 77 | The Silk Road and Marco Polo
In this farewell look at the Silk Road, we discuss a few more interesting things and then give the travels and adventures of Marco Polo a once over.
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Terms in Episode
Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
---|---|---|
Eastern Han | 东汉 | 23-220 AD |
Three Kingdoms | 三国 | 221-280 |
Western Jin | 西晋 | 265-318 |
Eastern Jin | 东晋 | 317-420 |
Northern & Southern Dynasties | 南北朝 | 386-581 |
Sui | 隋朝 | 581-617 |
Tang | 唐朝 | 618-907 |
Red Coral | 红珊瑚 | - |
Faxian | 法显 | 337-422 early Buddhist monk who traveled to India |
Xuanzang | 玄奘 | Discussed in CHP-076, Tang Dynasty Buddhist Monk |
Han Wudi | 汉武帝 | Reigned 141 BC-87 BC. The great Han Dynasty emperor who played a big role in launching the Silk Road |
Shangdu | 上都 | Kublai Khan’s Palace, more popularly known as Xanadu |
Rustichello da Pisa | - | Wrote down the story of Marco Polo’s Travel’s as dictated to him by Marco Polo |
Back in 1890, with the aim of protecting American companies from foreign competition, tariffs were jacked up significantly. With all the advances in transport, logistics, and new technologies, world trade was shifting into a higher gear.