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Pax Mongolica Trade Routes

Type Object Region Eurasia Time 1241–1250

Pax Mongolica refers to how, after the Mongol Empire unified most of Eurasia in the mid-13th century, postal relay stations, travel passports, and a …

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  1. 1241–1245Middle Silk Road (Central Asia–Persia) · Silk RoadAfter the Mongol western conquests ended, imperial relay stations and public security restored passage on trade routes from Central Asia to Persia, allowing merchants to move relatively safely within the khanates bearing documents from the khan's court.
  2. 1246–1250Steppe Road (Volga–Black Sea to East Asia) · Steppe RoadIn the late 1240s, caravans from Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and East Asia traveled the imperial post roads; silk, furs, spices, and precious metals circulated across continents, reflecting the relative openness of trade routes under Mongol rule.

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