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Flourishing Silk Road Trade

Type Event Region Eurasia Time c. 1005–1010

Around 1006 CE, despite frequent regime changes in Central Asia, overland Silk Road trade remained prosperous, with the Karakhanids, Khwarazm, and th…

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  1. c. 1005–1007Samarkand · UzbekistanSamarkand and Bukhara quickly recovered their markets and tariff collection after regime changes. Caravans from East Asia, Persia, and the steppe converged, with silk and porcelain moving west and spices and gems moving east.
  2. c. 1006–1010Merv · TurkmenistanMerv connected Khorasan and Transoxiana; the trade routes toward India controlled by the Ghaznavids linked with the Karakhanid Tianshan passages, forming a trade corridor spanning the Eurasian continent, with scholarly and religious texts spreading along with merchants.

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