PERSIA, CHINA, INDIA, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

Persia, China, India, and the Mediterranean

Persia, China, India, and the Mediterranean

Introduction

With the down turn of the Mauryan dynasty, India needed a powerful imperial state, but the Kushan Empire and other local states supplied steadiness in to the north India, helping long-distance trade. In academic China the Han Empire sustained alignment and opened get access to western markets. And the Roman Empire, while it continued, conveyed alignment to the Mediterranean basin. As the academic empires amplified, merchants and travelers conceived a comprehensive mesh of trade paths, which historians call the fine gist streets, connecting much of Eurasia and North ...