Silk Road Travelers
Silk Road Travelers:
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/silk-road/history/famous-travelers.htm
Zhang Qian: The accidental “creator” of the Silk Road.
https://www.topchinatravel.com/silk-road/zhang-qian-in-silk-road.htm
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/silk-road/history/zhangqian.htm
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=040
VIDEO: Best used with one of the articles above
Ban Chao: A general during Han times, secured the Western regions.
https://www.chinafetching.com/ban-chao
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/silk-road/history/banchao.htm
https://www.chinaxiantour.com/xian-travel-blog/ban-chao.html
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Ban_Chao
Xuanzang: Buddhist Monk
https://asiasociety.org/xuanzang-monk-who-brought-buddhism-east
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/silk-road/history/traveler-xuanzang.html
Google Interactive
http://www.mongolianculture.com/indomongolian.htm
https://tricycle.org/magazine/xuanzang-a-buddhist-pilgrim-silk-road-0/
https://iep.utm.edu/xuanzang/
Marco Polo: The Polo family are believed to be the first Europeans to visit China.
Khan Academy
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml
http://www.advantour.com/silkroad/marco-polo.htm
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/silk-road/history/traveler-marco-polo.htm
http://wikitravel.org/en/On_the_trail_of_Marco_Polo#b
Google Earth Interactive
VIDEO: Marco Polo - PBS World Explorers
VIDEO: The Travels of Marco Polo
VIDEO: In The Footsteps of Marco Polo - Documentary (90 minutes) check out photo gallery. For sure
Zheng He: Perhaps the greatest naval explorer the world has ever known.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ancient-chinese-explorers.html
Khan Academy
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/zheng_he.php
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/zheng-he/
Google Earth Interactive
VIDEO: Zheng He - PBS World Explorers