KnowraTarim BasinLinked fromLinked fromThe 28 pages that link to Tarim Basin, each with the reason it gives.All 28Broader topic 10Related 6Narrower topic 10Compared with 2Endorheic basinBroader topic: Its rivers terminate inland, sustaining oases and shrinking lakes rather than reaching the sea.Tibetan EmpireBroader topic: Its oases became contested territory as Tibetan power extended into Central Asia.XinjiangBroader topic: Its oases and desert shaped settlement along the southern routes of the Silk Road.UyghursBroader topic: Oasis settlements around its rim formed the setting for much Uyghur history.Zhang QianBroader topic: The corridor of oasis states his journeys mapped for Han diplomacy and trade.SakaBroader topic: Saka-speaking communities are documented in the basin’s ancient oasis settlements.Protectorate of the Western RegionsBroader topic: The Protectorate’s central task was governing the basin’s chain of oasis states.History of XinjiangBroader topic: Its oasis communities formed the setting for many of Xinjiang’s earliest recorded societies.Western ChinaBroader topic: Its enclosed desert environment concentrates settlement around the basin's margins.Northwestern ChinaBroader topic: Its oasis geography concentrates life around rivers descending from the basin’s rim.