Chang Ch'ien

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Chang Ch'ien (often spelled Zhang Qian) was a pioneering Chinese diplomat and explorer of the Han dynasty whose missions to Central Asia opened up the routes later known as the Silk Road.

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Label	Occurrences
Chang Ch'ien canonical	1
Zhang Qian	1

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Chang → hasNotableBearer → Chang Ch'ien ⓘ

Emperor Wu of Han → orderedMissionOf → Zhang Qian ⓘ

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