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Silk Road in the 10th Century

Type Object Region Eurasia Time 901–1000

The 10th-century Silk Road was a network of overland trade and information routes linking East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Mediterranean w…

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  1. c. 901–930Hexi Corridor · Gansu ProvinceFragmentation during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms weakened officially run trade directly from the Central Plains to Central Asia; the Hexi Corridor and local powers such as the Uyghurs and Shazhou became buffer routes for westward shipment of East Asian goods, with merchants shifting to multi-stage relay transport.
  2. c. 930–980Bukhara-Samarkand · TransoxianaBukhara and Samarkand under the Samanid dynasty became the core markets of the middle Silk Road, with thriving trade in silk, paper, glassware, and slaves; Islamic gold dinars and Samanid silver coins served as interregional settlement media.
  3. c. 980–1000Baghdad-Eastern Mediterranean coast · IraqDespite the fall of the Samanids and the rise of the Karakhanids and Ghaznavids bringing political turmoil, remnant Abbasid regimes in West Asia and powers such as the Fatimids still connected to the western Silk Road via Baghdad and Damascus, with spices and luxury goods continuing to flow eastward.

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