XIII's Far Eastern Historical Question of the Day

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Due to a certain someone's request, I've thought up of a new format for a quiz. While I'm not up to putting up a full quiz of like 20-30 questions, I think I can still manage with 1 every now and then. :p A question will be posed; posters can try at giving an answer - I'll declare who's provided the answer closest to what I'd in mind. Any issues - of course we can discuss over the answers; I'm not all-knowing, unlike some of you guys. :p A new question will then be posed. ;)

You can do searches on the Net, or look up books - mine questions will probably be quite challenging and obscure. :p

Pls note that this is not a cumulative quiz, with the 'winner' posing a new question. I want to control the questions so as to maintain the 'flavour' of the quiz. ;) I also encourage other knowledgeable posters (like Vrylakas and Calgacus etc) to put up similar themed (like Eastern European and Scottish/Celtic etc) quizzes. :D
 
Question 1
Name the Eastern Han general who at one time was leading a 70000-strong army all the way almost to the Caspian Sea.

Bonus : How did he manage it?
 
was it po? i believe a han general defeated the kingdom states of the tamin basin ( spelling ) and advance towards rome till the persians and others informed him that it wasn't some small kingdom to be overun
 
Originally posted by pawpaw
was it po? i believe a han general defeated the kingdom states of the tamin basin ( spelling ) and advance towards rome till the persians and others informed him that it wasn't some small kingdom to be overun
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Yep that's approximatedly the one, but the name's incorrect. ;) You also got the details wrong...
 
i read about it many years ago, i remember the outline but the facts got kinda hazy
 
I can't remember his name. But wasen't he the one who was planning to travel to Rome from there but gave up when he was (wrongly) informedm that he had months, if not years of travel to reach Rome.
 
Originally posted by Furius
I can't remember his name. But wasen't he the one who was planning to travel to Rome from there but gave up when he was (wrongly) informedm that he had months, if not years of travel to reach Rome.
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No, the general in question didn't try to go to Rome himself. Rather, he sent an envoy, who didn't make it... ;)
 
nice idea XIII;)

I cant answer the question, but looking forward to the next one:)
 
Originally posted by pawpaw
would the han general be barchao? also spelled pan chao
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Yes. :goodjob: The Han general Ban Zhao (or Pan Ch'ao) arrived in the Western Territories with a few retainers, where Han rule had collapsed, and proceeded to bully, extort, awe, play off, threaten, shock, whatever, the native city-states and tribes into new vassalage to Imperial China. With little, if any, support fr home. ;)

He's mentioned in one of calgacus' links. His brother and sister were famous scholars and historians. Sister, in particular, was the first well-known Chinese female scholar. Brother compiled the Later Han History.

Regarding the almost contact with Rome, General Ban Zhao sent Gan Ying (Kan Ying) as an envoy to make contact with the mysterious and powerful Ta-T'sin (probably Roman Syria, rather than Rome itself). He reported arriving at a sea (probably the Persian Gulf), but turned back after locals kept reporting of dangerous sea monsters, long voyages etc to this 'remote and dangerous' state.

Apparently the Parthians were keen to remain as middle-men betw Rome and China, and earned well fr the profitable trade betw the two empires. :rolleyes:

sorry , he said what about a celtic one so i did
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Sorry, but I was replying to calgacus since he knows much about Scottish/Celtic history I think. Feel free to start your own quiz thread - the more the merrier. ;)
 
Question 2
What was (still is, today) the world-renowned Chinese product produced at Jingdezhen in S China, for centuries?
 
jingdezhen is the ceramic center of the east and has been producing porcelain for thousands of years. it was called ching teh chen but change its name to jingdezhen after the chinese emperor declare that all porelain should be stamped with " the regn of jingle " on the bottem. it is from here that the artifacts you see on t.v. like tang dynasty or ming vases were made.
 
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