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Silk Road Trade
In the 1080s, the Central Asian Silk Road remained active amid the coexistence of the Kara-Khanid Khanate, the Seljuk Empire, and the Liao dynasty's …
Timeline
- 1081–1085Bukhara · TransoxianaBukhara and Samarkand, as centers of Islamic scholarship and commerce, drew caravans carrying Persian, Arab, and Chinese Western Regions goods; market taxes became a major source of revenue for the Kara-Khanid Khanate.
- 1086–1090Kashgar · Tarim BasinKashgar connected trade routes of the Tarim Basin and Fergana Basin; eastern goods were transshipped here to Transoxiana and then westward to Persia and the Mediterranean world, forming a multi-node relay trade network.
Sources
- The Silk Road: A New History — Valerie Hansen (2012)
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Central Asia https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/