The Roads Filled With Strangers

追加: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]I stopped recognizing the accents before I stopped counting the people.

[00:00:07]>> [music] >> The stability of the Han dynasty allowed trade and travel to expand across the empire.

[00:00:15]Roads were repaired, ferry crossings grew crowded, and merchants moved goods between regions [music] that had once been divided by war.

[00:00:25]These changes reshaped [music] how people understood China itself.

[00:00:30]The empire was no longer just ruled from afar.

[00:00:34]It became [music] visible in the constant flow of strangers, goods, and information moving across the land.

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