Silk Road Trade
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The countries of Central Asia were part of a historical region known as Turkestan that dates back to 3000–2001 BCE. The Silk Road, or more accurately, Silk Routes, traversed this vast area. Figure 7.8 is a map of the Silk Routes in approximately 1200 CE.
Although the map does not include the current country boundaries, the place names along the routes provide points of reference.
- Talas is a town in northwest Kyrgyzstan
- Osh is a city in southern Kyrgyzstan
- Samarkand is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan
- Merv was near the current city of Mary in southeastern Turkmenistan
- Herat is in western Afghanistan
Figure 7.8 Map depicting the major commodities and trade routes of the Silk Road in approximately 1200 CE (Gabriel Moss, 2017. CC BY-SA 4.0).
Source: Kaidor, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silk_Road_in_the_I_century_AD_-_en.svg
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