1. The Chinese Are Doing What the Mongols Did Before Them, Only Better
- Author:
- Emil Avdaliani
- Publication Date:
- 11-2019
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- The Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies (BESA)
- Abstract:
- The vast attention paid to China’s Belt and Road Initiative misses the historical precedents on which it is based. Hearkening back to the nomadic understanding of geography of medieval times, the Chinese are following through on what the Mongols, and later Tamerlane, attempted: to unify the Eurasian landmass by establishing trade routes and encouraging commercial activities from the Mediterranean to the Pacific.
- Topic:
- History, Soft Power, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Trade
- Political Geography:
- China and Asia