1 янв 200 г. до нашей эры - Greco-Bactrians make first western contact with China

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Under the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I (260-195BCE) the Greco-Bactrians were able to expand their territory. According to the Greek historian Strabo (63-24CE) the Greeks “extended their empire as far as the Seres." `Seres’ was the name by which the Greeks and Romans knew China, meaning `the land where silk came from’. It is believed that the first contact between China and the west came around 200BCE.