Silk Road

The network of trade routes linking East Asia, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean.

Articles with this tag: 3 Updated: August 23, 2026

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Bactria: A historical region of Central Asia Bactria Bactria is an ancient region centered on Balkh in northern Afghanistan, notable for its role as a crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic and Central Asian cultures and as a corridor of…

Chang'an: Ancient Chinese Capital and Cosmopolitan Hub

Chang'an: Ancient Chinese Capital and Cosmopolitan Hub Chang'an Chang'an was a major imperial capital in ancient China, famed as the Sui–Tang metropolis that became a political center, cultural crossroads and eastern terminus of Silk Road trade…

Khazars: Khazaria, a medieval Eurasian steppe polity and trading hub Khazars Medieval Turkic polity (6th–10th centuries) that ruled Khazaria on the Volga–Don steppe, controlled trade routes between East and West, served as a buffer state, and is noted for r…