Assertion: original silk road | /r/CapableOf | send imperial envoy zhang qian
Facets:
value: to make contact
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The Silk Road may have formally opened up trade between the Far East and Europe during the Han Dynasty, which ruled China from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. Han Emperor Wu sent imperial envoy Zhang Qian to make contact with cultures in Central Asia in 138 B.C., and his reports from his journeys conveyed valuable information about the people and lands that lay to the West.