Oct 2, 2017

China FDC on "Zhang Qian"





First Day Cover
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China


Zhang Qian

Date of Issue : 20 September 2017

Zhang Qian (164 - 114 B.C.), with a courtesy name of Ziwen, was born in Chenggu County, Shaanxi Province, China), Hanzhong. He twice served as an imperial envoy to the Western Regions. During the two expeditions to the Western Regions, Zhang Qian and his entourage went by Dayuan, Kangqu, Dayuezhi, Daxia, Yutian, and the others, traveling throughout Central Asia and West Asia, and envoys sent by Zhang Qian reached as far as the northern part of the Roman Empire around the Mediterranean.

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