What is your best memory?

December 18, 2013: It was my 7th birthday and my mom, dad, cousins, brothers, grandma, and grandpa all drove to Florida for my birthday surprise. When we got there.. my mom blindfolded me and took me to my room. When I took the blindfold off, there was a bunch of gifts and snacks on the bed. But then, my whole family snuck up behind me and smashed WHIPPED CREAM on my head. It was so funny. But after that.. I got blindfolded again and this time my mom told me we were going to a beach for my surprise party. When we got there.. I took my blindfold off and it was the most beautiful scene I’ve ever seen. There was a pretty sunset and music and a lot of stuff. We had a lot of fun.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]