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Posts by Dr Arthur William Hummel

link to The Old Silk Road – China’s Old Silk Road History

The Old Silk Road – China’s Old Silk Road History

This article deals with the long Overland route from north-east China to Chinese Turkestan (now Xinjiang) to Persia and Asia Minor. It was the route by which Chinese pilgrims made their way to India...

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(1884-1975) During his lifetime, Dr. Arthur W Hummel was a world-renown Sinologist. He lived in China for 14 years as a Christian Missionary. Upon his return to the United States in 1927 he became Chief of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. His entire life he could read, write and speak fluent Chinese. He was an avid Chinese historian.

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