Ep. 47 | Adventurer Zhang Qian

The China History Podcast - A podcast by Laszlo Montgomery - Sundays

In this episode we look at the life of one of the bravest and greatest adventurers of ancient times. Zhang Qian was selected by the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu to make a political alliance with a distant central Asian people, the Yuezhi. Zhang Qian’s thirteen year journey to the west between 138 BC and 126 continue reading >> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices