The beginning and end of the Silk Road

Faxian and lived 900 years apart, near the beginning and end of the . What values do their narratives promote? What similarities and differences do you see in their narratives? How are those similarities and differences related to the kinds of journeys they undertook, the purposes of their journeys, and the times in which they composed their ?

Website: Silk Road – http://asiasociety.org/education/silk-road

Website: Silk Road History – http://www.thesilkroadchina..html

Website: The Journey of Faxian to India (ca. 400 CE) – http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/faxian.html

Website: The Travels of Marco Polo (ca. 1300 CE) – read Chapter 1 through Chapter 18) – https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Marco_Polo/Preface/Chapter_1