The Silk Road by Xinru Liu pages 44-47 and 47-50 1. What does the source by Ban Gu tell us about the nature of Chinese (Han) rule in the frontier regions? Is it weak or strong, a bit of both? What are the mechanisms that the Han government uses to try and exert its control in these regions?

2. What surprises you most about the collection of sources Liu grouped under Documents Excavated from Juyan Fort on the Great Wall? And what can it tell us about "frontier" life?