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Song-Liao border market trade

Type Event Region East Asia Time 1023

After the Treaty of Chanyuan, Song and Liao set up market towns on the border;…

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  1. 1023Xiongzhou market town · HebeiSong merchants traded silk textiles, tea, porcelain and silver coin for Liao horses, sheepskins, ginseng and other goods; both governments levied commercial taxes and supervised transactions, with smuggling and official trade running in parallel.
  2. 1023Liao Southern Capital Xijin Prefecture · North ChinaSong delivered the agreed annual tribute of silver and silk, part of which circulated through border markets and spurred commerce in Liao's Southern and Central Capitals; mutual trade and annual tribute together formed a dual-track structure of Song-Liao economic exchange.

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