The Silk Road's western gateway — where the Han dynasty established the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the empire's westernmost terminal for exercising sovereignty over Inner Asia.
Type: Passes ▾
Location: Gansu ▾
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solitary mud-brick watch-gate standing quietly in the vast Gobi desert, guarding and protecting the Silk Road trade route, surrounded by desert reeds