ABSTRACT
For many centuries, the Silk Road was a network of roads for the travel and dissemination of Christianity across Eurasia. Christian missionaries accompanied caravans on the Silk Road, consciously trying to expand the reach of the Gospel and make converts to their faith. This chapter introduces the expansion of Nestorian Christianity and offers a chronology for its success and crisis during the Tang Dynasty. The limited revival of Christianity in China during the Mongol period is also discussed, paying attention to both West–East and East–West movements and considering the fascinating stories and experiences along the Silk Road of Rabban Sauma and William of Rubruck.
