Zhang Qian's Forgotten Deputy: Gan Ying Reaches the Roman Empire
In 97 CE, a Han envoy named Gan Ying set out from China to reach Daqin—the Roman Empire. He got as far as the Persian Gulf, where Parthian merchants told him a terrifying story about a three-year sea voyage. Did they lie to protect their silk monopoly? Lucas and Luna explore the forgotten journey of Gan Ying, the Han diplomat who almost made it to Rome. They discuss the Silk Road's political chessboard, Parthian propaganda, and what the Han knew about the distant Roman world. Was Gan Ying the first Chinese person to see the Mediterranean? Or was he a pawn in an ancient information war? This episode uncovers a little-known chapter of cross-continental contact that predates Marco Polo by a millennium.
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