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Flourishing Overseas Trade at Guangzhou

Type Event Region China Time 701–800

In the 8th century Guangzhou (Panyu) was a leading Tang trade port, with maritime Silk Road routes linking Southeast Asia, South Asia, Arabia, and Ea…

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  1. 701–750Guangzhou foreign quarter · LingnanMerchants from the Abbasid Caliphate, Persia, India, and Southeast Asia arrived in Guangzhou via the maritime Silk Road, settling along the riverside south of the city to form a foreign quarter, building mosques and Buddhist temples, and engaging in trade and brokerage.
  2. 760–800Guangzhou harbor · LingnanThe court established maritime trade intendants (or the Lingnan military commissioner concurrently managed the post) in Guangzhou and elsewhere, collecting ship duties and customs tariffs, overseeing foreign merchants' trade and tribute ships; Guangzhou harbor teemed with merchant vessels, becoming the largest foreign trade port in the south.

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