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00:00The first Arab-Chinese meeting didn't begin with treaties. It began with respect.
00:05In 651, a delegation from Arabia arrived at the gates of Chang'an, the heart of the Tang Empire.
00:11They brought gifts, gold, silk, spices, and sacred words.
00:16But it wasn't just what they carried, it was how they lived.
00:19Chinese records described them as people who prayed five times a day.
00:23They washed before each prayer, and they traded with a kind of honesty the empire had rarely seen.
00:28Emperor Gaozong welcomed them with full honors.
00:30He gave them audience not just for their offerings, but for their presence.
00:34In the official annals, they were called Da Shur, men of the Great West, admired for their elegant script, precise architecture, and dignity.
00:42That single visit sparked centuries of exchange, ideas, faith, art, trade, flowing between two of the world's oldest civilizations.
00:50No conquest, no campaign, just a quiet beginning and a legacy that still echoes.