1758年以后，以德古纳(Joseph de Guigne)、拉克伯利(Terrien de Lacouperie)、李奇多芬(Baron Von Richthofen)、孔好古(A.Conrady)、理雅各(J.Legge)等人为代表的汉学家，纷纷著文认为中国古代文明发源于西方，“中国文明西来说”一时甚嚣尘...
'Silk Road' is a relatively recent designation dating from the mid-nineteenth century when the German geologist, Baron Ferdinand vonRichthofen, named the trade and communication network Die Seidenstrasse (the Silk Road).