• the 1402 Korean Kangnido map fully depicts the Old World, from Europe and Africa to Japan, long before European explorations?

Facts on topics related to Kangnido map

Roman embassies to China

• Roman embassies to China are reported in Chinese historical accounts from as early as 166?

Silk Road

• Maes Titianus penetrated farther along the Silk Road than any other Westerner in Antiquity, reaching the Stone Tower of Tashkurgan in the Pamirs?
• because of its karez well system, an ancient water system using gravity, Turfan became a prosperous Silk Road oasis city located in the second deepest depression in the world?
• the gorge in China's Flaming Mountains, near the ruins of the once busy oasis city of Gaochang, was an important pass on the ancient trade route, the Silk Road, skirting the deadly Taklamakan Desert?