Biases in the Han Dynasty’s View Towards Different Countries Along the Silk Road

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220105.041How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Han Dynasty; Silk Road; bias; stereotypes; distance; power; social structure

Abstract

The Han Dynasty, from 206 BCE to 200 CE, could be considered as the origin of the Silk Road. The Silk Road acted as a trading route, connecting countries from the capital of Han, all the way to Rome. During this period, the Han produced many historical books, writing about different countries towards the west. The present article seeks to explore the biases and stereotypes within official Han historical books, to argue that they changed their view and bias towards different countries along the Silk Road, depending on their distance from Han, their power compared to the Han, and whether they were nomadic or sedentary societies.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Joseph Haoyang Yu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - Biases in the Han Dynasty’s View Towards Different Countries Along the Silk Road
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 215
EP  - 218
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.041
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.041
ID  - Yu2022
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