Course presentation
- After the failure of the Qin, the Han dynasty will impose itself and rule China for 400 years.
- The fight against the Xiongnu nomads was an essential issue under the Western Han, which did not end until the middle of the first century B.C. or even at the end of the 1st century. not.
- Who are these nomads and how do they differ from the Han way of life?
- The particularly long reign of Emperor Wudi allowed China to push back the Xiongnu and develop towards Western countries.
- A trade route, the famous Silk Road was established largely thanks to the explorations of Zhang Qian.
- What are the economic and political issues of this opposition between nomads and sedentary people?
- Why is a horse sculpture the symbol of tourism in China?
- But is this the real beginning of exchanges between East and West?
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