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

• KaftanRelated: Trade and migration along these routes helped garments and textile styles circulate across regions.

• KrefeldRelated: Long-distance silk commerce linked European manufacturers, including Krefeld, to international supply chains.

• MargilanRelated: Margilan’s textile economy developed within Central Asia’s long-distance trade networks.

• Northeast AsiaRelated: Its routes carried goods and ideas between China, Mongolia, and neighboring regions.

• Pyrus communisRelated: Trade and movement of plants helped spread pear cultivation across regions.

• Silk as currencyRelated: Silk's monetary role made the routes self-sustaining: the cargo paid for the journey in itself.

• Sven HedinNarrower topic: Hedin's discoveries and travel writing helped publicize ancient routes and settlements across this network.

• TarazNarrower topic: Taraz prospered as one of the network’s Central Asian trading cities.

• TianshuiRelated: Routes through the Tianshui area helped connect inland Gansu to long-distance exchange.

• ÜrümqiRelated: Historic routes through Xinjiang linked the area around Ürümqi with wider Eurasian exchange.

• Western ChinaRelated: Routes through Gansu and Xinjiang made western China a major Eurasian crossroads.

• XiningNarrower topic: Routes through Qinghai connected Xining’s hinterland to wider Eurasian exchange.

• YinchuanRelated: Yinchuan’s position linked it to routes across China’s northwestern frontier.

• Abbas the GreatRelated: Abbas promoted Iranian commerce along routes that carried silk through Safavid territory.

• Ancient artRelated: Long-distance exchange carried materials, techniques, and motifs between ancient artistic cultures.

• Ancient maritime historyRelated: Ancient maritime routes complemented overland exchange across Eurasia.

• Ancient Mediterranean civilizationRelated: Long-distance routes brought Mediterranean societies into contact with regions beyond the sea.

• BuzkashiNarrower topic: Its connected societies provide historical context for shared Central Asian equestrian traditions.

• CenserRelated: Its exchanges carried aromatic goods and ritual technologies between distant societies.

• CityRelated: Trade routes connected cities and helped sustain their commercial and cultural roles.

• Culture of AsiaRelated: Its routes carried religions, technologies, goods, and artistic styles between Asian societies.

• Eastern HanRelated: Eastern Han diplomacy and military expeditions helped sustain routes through the Western Regions.

• Eastern religionsRelated: Its exchanges carried Buddhist communities and texts across Asia.

• Eastern worldRelated: Its exchanges show that the regions later grouped as East and West were connected.

• GangtokRelated: Regional branches of trans-Himalayan trade connected Sikkim with wider Asian commerce.

• Great Salt DesertRelated: Routes across Iran’s interior connected settlements around the desert to wider trade networks.

• History of AsiaRelated: Its routes carried goods, technologies, beliefs, and people across Asian regions.

• History of clothing and textilesRelated: Silk and other textiles moved through these routes alongside techniques and designs.

• History of East AsiaRelated: Its routes carried goods, religions, technologies, and people into and out of East Asia.

• History of EurasiaCompared with: The familiar label can obscure the many routes and local exchanges behind the image of one road.

• History of globalizationBroader topic: Its changing routes carried goods, religions, and ideas across Eurasia for centuries.

• History of road transportBroader topic: Its caravan routes show how roads supported long-distance exchange before motor vehicles.

• History of the CaucasusRelated: Routes through the Caucasus linked regional towns to long-distance commerce and diplomacy.

• History of transportBroader topic: Its caravan routes show how transport networks supported long-distance exchange.

• Karabakh carpetRelated: Long-distance exchange connected Caucasian carpets with broader routes for goods and designs.

• Mazar-i-SharifNarrower topic: Balkh’s position near the city connects the area to historic Eurasian exchange.

• Mongol campaigns in Central AsiaRelated: Mongol political unification later altered movement along routes crossing Central Asia.

• Music of JapanNarrower topic: Long-distance exchange carried instruments and musical practices that reached Japan.

• North–South States PeriodNarrower topic: Trade and diplomatic missions linked the Korean states to wider Eurasian exchange.

• Northwestern ChinaRelated: Its northern routes crossed Gansu and Xinjiang through key corridors and oasis towns.

• Pax SinicaRelated: Imperial stability could protect corridors that linked China with distant trading partners.

• Post-classical historyRelated: Its changing routes carried goods, technologies, and religious ideas across Eurasia.

• Science in the ancient worldRelated: Exchange across these routes helped transmit technologies and knowledge between ancient societies.

• ScythiaRelated: Long-distance exchange later linked steppe communities across regions described as Scythia.

• Scytho-Siberian artRelated: Its routes help explain the circulation of motifs and materials between steppe and settled cultures.

• ShymkentNarrower topic: Shymkent grew near routes linking Central Asian towns and markets.

• Su DingfangRelated: Su’s Central Asian campaigns crossed strategic corridors used for trade and imperial communication.

• Tabriz rugRelated: Tabriz’s position on trading routes helped connect its carpets with distant markets.

• TaloqanRelated: Northern Afghanistan formed part of the wider overland exchange networks near Taloqan.