Medievalists.net » Sui Dynasty http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/western-turks-and-byzantine-gold-coins-found-in-china/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/western-turks-and-byzantine-gold-coins-found-in-china/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2013 04:11:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42853 In general, before the 1980's, most scholars treated these finds as evidences for the frequent connection between Byzantine and China, which could be further associated with the seven-times visits of Fulin (Rum) emissaries recorded in Tang literature. However, after the 1980's, more and more researchers tended to take these gold coins as a result of prosperous international trade along silk road.

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