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The 299 pages that link to Silk Road, each with the reason it gives.

• Tang dynastyNarrower topic: Tang-era security and diplomacy helped sustain exchanges along its eastern routes.

• Age of DiscoveryNarrower topic: European maritime ventures sought access to Asian goods within an older Eurasian trading system.

• Buddhist pilgrimageNarrower topic: Its routes carried Buddhist pilgrims, teachings, and sacred objects across Asia.

• Kushan EmpireNarrower topic: Kushan territory occupied a strategic stretch of routes linking major trading regions.

• Tarim BasinNarrower topic: Routes skirted the Taklamakan through oasis towns around the basin.

• CaravanseraiNarrower topic: Caravanserais provided stopping places along major routes in this network.

• Tibetan EmpireNarrower topic: Control of Central Asian corridors linked Tibetan campaigns to trade and imperial competition.

• UzbekistanNarrower topic: Its routes linked Uzbek cities such as Samarkand and Bukhara to distant commercial centers.

• XinjiangNarrower topic: Routes through Xinjiang linked oasis cities across the region to wider Eurasian exchange.

• SamarkandNarrower topic: Samarkand prospered as a major oasis hub along routes crossing Central Asia.

• BactriaNarrower topic: Bactria’s position made it a key passage in the routes linking these regions.

• UyghursNarrower topic: Its routes linked Tarim Basin oases to merchants, ideas, and empires across Eurasia.

• Zhang QianNarrower topic: The trade network that grew directly out of the routes his missions proved could be traveled.

• BukharaNarrower topic: Bukhara’s prosperity depended on its position within this long-distance exchange network.

• ManichaeismNarrower topic: These routes carried Manichaean missionaries and communities far beyond Persia.

• Chang'anNarrower topic: Chang'an anchored the eastern end of major overland routes across Eurasia.

• Hexi CorridorNarrower topic: The Hexi Corridor was a major eastern approach to this transcontinental route network.

• Hindu KushNarrower topic: Its central Asian routes included corridors around the Hindu Kush.

• Battle of TalasNarrower topic: The trade network whose midsection passed to Muslim powers after the battle.

• GansuNarrower topic: Its northern routes crossed Gansu through the Hexi Corridor.

• Khyber PassNarrower topic: The pass formed part of the wider overland world of exchange.

• Khwarazmian EmpireNarrower topic: Control of its Central Asian routes gave the empire wealth and strategic importance.

• Mogao CavesNarrower topic: Caravans and travelers carried ideas, goods, and patrons through the region around the caves.

• Tocharian languagesNarrower topic: Tocharian-speaking communities occupied oasis networks along these routes.

• Khanate of KokandNarrower topic: Kokand’s towns drew wealth and strategic value from regional caravan commerce.

• MervNarrower topic: Merv’s position on these routes made its oasis resources commercially valuable.

• YuezhiNarrower topic: Kushan territories later controlled important routes within this transcontinental network.

• Emirate of BukharaNarrower topic: Bukhara’s position sustained its role in long-distance commerce.

• Khanate of KhivaNarrower topic: Khiva connected regional caravan commerce, though its fortunes depended on changing routes.

• KuchaNarrower topic: Kucha’s location on these routes supported commerce and cultural exchange.

• SogdiaNarrower topic: Sogdian merchants became prominent intermediaries along its Central Asian routes.

• Buddhas of BamiyanNarrower topic: Bamiyan’s location connected its Buddhist communities to wider networks of exchange.

• KhotanNarrower topic: Khotan linked routes across the southern Tarim Basin with long-distance Eurasian exchange.

• Silk Road transmission of BuddhismNarrower topic: These interconnected routes supplied the channels along which Buddhist communities and ideas moved.

• KashgarNarrower topic: Kashgar became a major oasis junction on routes crossing the Tarim Basin.

• Protectorate of the Western RegionsNarrower topic: Han oversight of oasis states helped protect and regulate routes through the Tarim Basin.

• Ban ChaoNarrower topic: Ban Chao’s campaigns secured sections of the routes linking Han China to Central Asia.

• FaxianNarrower topic: His journey followed routes connecting China, Central Asia, and India.

• Sasanian coinageNarrower topic: Sasanian silver traveled through the routes that connected western and central Asia.

• DzungariaNarrower topic: Northern routes near Dzungaria linked China with Central Asian markets.

• KarakorumNarrower topic: Karakorum’s position connected imperial government to Eurasian commerce and travel.

• Khanate of BukharaNarrower topic: Bukhara's wealth and influence drew on its position within transcontinental trade.

• LanzhouNarrower topic: Lanzhou served as a strategic eastern approach to the Hexi Corridor routes.

• History of AfghanistanNarrower topic: Routes crossing Afghan lands carried goods, religions, and political influence between regions.

• Indo-Parthian KingdomNarrower topic: Indo-Parthian territories lay along routes linking Iranian, Central Asian, and South Asian exchange.

• Kingdom of KhotanNarrower topic: Khotan’s position on these routes connected its political fortunes to long-distance exchange.

• MongolsNarrower topic: Mongol rule linked major sections of these routes under a single imperial order.

• TochariansNarrower topic: Tarim Basin communities occupied oasis routes linking eastern and western Eurasia.

• BaojiNarrower topic: Baoji lies near the eastern approaches to routes later associated with this network.

• GhazniNarrower topic: Routes through the region helped connect Ghazni to wider commercial and cultural exchanges.