Han dynasty

The great Silk Road, the longest road in the world, was completed, leading from the Han capital of Honan (now Luoyang) all the way to Rome. This route stretched from the western gate of the Great Wall across Central Asia, through modern-day Iran, Iraq, and then to Antioch, Syria, where boats left for Venice. Taoism and Confucianism were also both established during the Han Dynasty, Taoism focusing on the relationship between humans and nature and Confucianism on a moral system of behavior among people. The earliest written records of feng shui, or kan-yu, as it was originally called, also date to the Han Dynasty. (Palmer, 2008)