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20080619
Tiaozhi(Mesopotamia)"條支"

Zhang Qian did'nt report much about Mesopotamia,and was onlty able to report other's accounts because he didn't really go there.
"Tiaozhi (Mesopotamia) is situated several thousand li west of Anxi (Parthia) and borders the Western Sea .It is hot and damp, and the people live by cultivating the fields and planting rice... The people are very numerous and are ruled by many petty chiefs. The ruler of Anxi (Parthia) give orders to these chiefs and regards them as vassals."(Shiji,123, Zhang Qian quote, trans. Burton Watson).










Zhang Qian ♥ 8:34 PM