The Han set up the Protectorate of the Western Regions
The oasis states of the Tarim basin come under Chinese rule
In 60 or 59 BC, after a Xiongnu prince went over to the Han with his people, the envoy Zheng Ji became the first protector-general of the Western Regions, with his headquarters at Wulei. The oasis states of the Tarim basin on the Silk Road came under Chinese control.
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