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Silk Road under the Pax Mongolica

Type Object Region Eurasia Time c. 1200–1350

The Silk Road under the Pax Mongolica refers to the overland trade and postal relay network formed after the Mongol Empire unified most of Eurasia in…

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  1. 1261–1264Dadu · North ChinaAfter establishing his position as Great Khan, Kublai Khan extended the relay station system in Dadu and northern China and standardized passport (paifu) rules, enabling Eurasian overland envoys and caravans to change mounts and receive protection station by station within the empire.
  2. c. 1265–1270Samarkand · UzbekistanIn the late 1260s, the Ilkhanate and the Yuan dynasty maintained relative peace, and hub cities such as Samarkand teemed with merchants; silk, spices, and silver flowed east and west along the overland routes, and the Pax Mongolica transport system reached its zenith.

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