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Samarkand

Type Object Region Central Asia Time 701–800

Samarkand, in Central Asia's Zarafshan Valley, is a thousand-year-old Silk Road city;…

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  1. 701–750Samarkand · Central AsiaUmayyad forces penetrated deep into Transoxiana; Samarkand, a major Sogdian stronghold, was gradually incorporated into the Islamic world, becoming an important city of the empire's eastern frontier.
  2. 750–800Samarkand · SamarkandUnder the Abbasids Samarkand continued its Silk Road trade functions; Sogdian merchant networks linked the Persian Gulf and Chang'an, making the city a key node of Central Asian Islamization and cultural exchange.

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