1.1 The People whose names were mentioned in literary and historical works on the Silk Road

Webpage with Comprehensive List of Travelers

HuangDi - The Yellow Emperor and "Father of China"  CLICK HERE

photo: TravelChinaGuide.com

Visit the HuangDi Mausoleum here. 

Zhou Mu Wang Reputed to the first Silk Road Traveler CLICK HERE

Zhang Qian 140 BCE, 115BCE

Visit Zhang Qian's hometown here: http://english.people.com.cn/n/2014/1016/c204459-8795442.html

Xuan Zang

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traveled the Silk Road from China to India and was credited for bringing Buddhist scripts to China

Xiong Nu

http://asianhistory.about.com/od/glossarytz/g/xiongnuglos.htm

http://chinaknowledge.org/History/Altera/xiongnu.html

Qin Shi Huang Di - The First Emperor of China

Wang Yanglu - Daoist abbot who is credited for the discovery of the manuscripts in the Dunhuang Mogao caves 

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Baron Ferdinand von Richathofen - coined the term "The Silk Road" CLICK HERE

photo: http://www.richthofen.de/allgemein/historisches/family-history/silesia-prussia.html