Before the opening of the modern Chinese history from the middle of the 19th century, when the European imperialism came to the China, the traditional China has relations with other part of the world since very earlier period. The history of the relationship is very colorful. In pre-Qin period, the Nomads carry out the economic and cultural exchange between China and the West. In the 2nd century BC, Zhang Qian opened the directed connection between Han China and the Central Asia and even Western Asia and Southern Asia. The so-called Silk Road was set up and many Central, Western and Southern Asian came to China. Their culture and religions influent Chinese people deeply. Since Song dynasty, the Silk Road through the South China sea was flourish and trade was more and more important for China. From the end of Ming dynasty, Jesuit Mission came to China and Chinese culture introduced into Europe. All of the subjects above are the main content of the class.
History
历史学(History),简称史学、历史,是以历史为研究对象的学科。虽然在广义上历史可以包含人类以外的事物,但作为一门社会和人文科学,历史学主要以人类社会为研究对象。