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Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty

Type Object Region China Time 618–700

The Tang Silk Road was a revived and expanded Eurasian overland network of trade and cultural exchange after the Tang unification in the 7th century,…

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  1. 618–630Chang'an–Hexi Corridor · GuanzhongAfter the founding of the Tang, Longyou was gradually pacified, the post road from Chang'an to the Western Regions was restored, and tribute and merchants from Western Regions states were again received.
  2. 640–680Four garrisons of Anxi · Tarim BasinThe Tang established the Anxi Protectorate governing the four garrisons of Kucha, Karashahr, Khotan, and Kashgar; merchants traveled freely along the middle section of the Silk Road, and Sogdian caravans were active between Samarkand and Chang'an.
  3. 681–700Eurasian overland corridor · Hexi CorridorDuring the Wu Zhou period, Silk Road trade and religious spread continued; manuscripts unearthed at Dunhuang and elsewhere show Persian and Arab merchants traveling this route, and the concentration of foreign merchants in Chang'an's West Market became a hallmark of international commerce.

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