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Daqin

Daqin (Chinese: 大秦; pinyin: Dàqín; Wade–Giles: Ta4-ch'in2; alternative transliterations include Tachin, Tai-Ch'in) is the ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire or, depending on context, the Near East, especially Syria. It literally means "Great Qin"; Qin (Chinese: 秦; pinyin: Qín; Wade–Giles: Ch'in2) being the name of the founding dynasty of the…

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related to Embassies · 51
Daqin → AD, Alexander, Ammianus Marcellinus, Among, Andun, Annam, Antoninus Pius, Bautis, BC, Book, Cattigara, China, Chinese, Eastern Wu, Emperor Huan, Emperor Wu, Florus, Geography, Golden Chersonese, Greek
related to Geographical descriptions in the Weilüe · 43
Daqin → AD, Ala-san, Alexandria-Euphrates, Arkenberg, BC, Book, Ch'ieh-lan, Characene, Charax Spasinu, Chinese, Commagene, Damascus, Eastern, Emesa, Euphrates, Friedrich Hirth, Hira, Ho-lat, Hsien-tu, In
related to Naming conventions · 42
Daqin → AD, An, An Chongzhang, An Dun, An Shigao, Antoninus Pius, Anxi, Arsacid, Bukhara, Byzantines, Central Asia, Chinese, Eastern Iranian, Eastern Wu, EMC, For, Granting Roman, Greek, Han-era, In
related to Fulin · 37
Daqin → AD, Bactrian, BC, Bethlehem, Biblical Northern Kingdom, Butlam, Butlim, Cantonese, Chinese, City, Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire, Ephraim, Friedrich Hirth, Fulin, Fú, Greek, Han, Hirth, Iranian
related to Capital cities · 32
Daqin → Alexandria, An-tu, Antioch, Arabs, Byzantine Empire, Chinese, Constantinople, Da, Friedrich Hirth, Fulin, Hirth, Hoppál, Hou Hanshu, However, Imperial, In, In Gan Ying's, It, Mu'awiyah, Móyì
see also · 24
Daqin → BC, Central Asia, China, ChinaChurch, ChinaDaqin PagodaEuropeans, ChinaMichael Shen Fu-Tsung, Chinese, Christianity, East, Europe, Han, History, Latin Roman, Luminous Religion, Medieval ChinaForeign, Memorial, Politics, Propagation, Qian, Rome
related to Christianity · 21
Daqin → AD, Chang'an, Chinese, Christian, Christianity, Church, East, Eastern Roman Empire, In, Roman, Rome, Sihai Huayi Zongtu, Silk Road, So, Syriac Christians, Tai-Ch'in, Tang, Taoist Emperor Wuzong, The, The Nestorian Stele
related to Daqin · 18
Daqin → BC, China's, China's Warring States, Chinese, Dà, Giles, Great Qin, Greek Romaikē, Latin Roma, Middle Chinese, Parthian Empire, Qin, Qin Shi Huang, Roman Empire, State, Ta4-ch'in2, The, Wade
related to Early descriptions by Gan Ying · 13
Daqin → AD, Ban Chao, BC, China, Chinese, Chinese Empire, Following, Gan Ying, Parthian, Parthians, Roman Empire, Silk Road, The Romans
related to Law and order · 12
Daqin → Byzantine Empire, Fulin, History, It, Latin, Roman Empire, Romano-Byzantine, Song, The History, These, This, Wenxian Tongkao

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chinese roman empire china dynasty fulin sea also country emperor one ad byzantine history city west coins embassies han name

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customsinstance ofIts basic facets0.80text
dressinstance ofIts basic facets0.80text
and currency were explained in Chinese sourcesinstance ofIts basic facets0.80text
Roman coins points to the presence of Roman commercial activity in Southeast Asiainstance ofArchaeological evidence0.80text
John of Montecorvinoinstance ofand papal missionaries0.80text
Giovanni de Marignolliinstance ofand papal missionaries0.80text
An Shigao were often given the surnameinstance ofpeople from the Parthian Empire of ancient Persia0.80text
Daqinrelated to Capital citiesIn0.60section
Daqinrelated to Capital citiesHou Hanshu0.60section
Daqinrelated to Capital citiesWeilüe0.60section
Daqinrelated to Capital citiesIt0.60section

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