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Actually not. Even if it was a lot rarer for people in the past to travel long distances, it is not that it just never happened. There were Indian people in cla
by yk 7y ago
Actually not. Even if it was a lot rarer for people in the past to travel long distances, it is not that it just never happened. There were Indian people in classical Greece, at least one commander of Roman Britain was from North Africa, and traders always moved all over the place.
- simonh 7y agoAlso the early 1800s was an era of extensive European exploration and colonial interest in the region. By that time Britain dominated India and Russia was contending with them for Afghanistan in the 'Great Game'. It's really not surprising to find people from the eastern Mediterranean anywhere in Asia over the last thousand years. We know there was a Nestorian Christian community in China in the 13th Century and several of them had diplomatic roles under the Khanate. See below, but that whole article is worth reading. Did you know there was an official Catholic Archbishop of Beijing in the 14th Century? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europeans_in_Medieval_China#Diplomatic_missions_to_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europeans_in_Medieval_China#Di...