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Dunhuang oasis city

Type Object Region China Time 111–700

Dunhuang oasis city is a desert-edge town at the western end of the Hexi Corridor formed by the Dang and Shule river systems, serving since the Han e…

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  1. 400–600Dunhuang · Hexi CorridorFrom the Northern Wei to the Sui, Dunhuang was the Hexi Corridor's military-political and Buddhist center; the Mogao Caves continued to be excavated, and oasis agriculture and military-agricultural colonies sustained the Silk Road relay stations.
  2. 601–630Dunhuang · Hexi CorridorThe Hexi region was turbulent at the end of the Sui; in the early Tang, after Li Jing and others pacified Liangzhou, Dunhuang returned to Tang rule and was again incorporated into the Guanzhong regime's control system over Western Regions communications.
  3. 631–700Dunhuang, Shazhou · Hexi CorridorThe Tang established Shazhou, and Dunhuang was a key locality within the Hexi military commissioner's jurisdiction; many Tang-dynasty caves were excavated at the Mogao Caves, and excavated Dunhuang manuscripts reveal a flourishing scene of local military-agricultural colonies, postal inns, and both Sogdian and Han merchants.

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