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Did Ancient Greek and Rome know the existence of China?

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The Greeks were a literate people and wrote extensively about the people they were in contact with. They did not write about China. And the Silk Road did not yet exist. The Greeks of course became involved with the Silk Road, but not the ancient Greeks before the rise of the Romans. read more

Alexander the Great, the Macedonian, almost certainly met Dhinese in his conquests of India and Central Asia. read more

They would have known China (strictly speaking, the ethnic Chinese states which existed before the Empire of China was founded) existed due to trade along the Silk Road, but would have known next to nothing about it. read more

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