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Zhang Qian's Central Asian expeditions (c. 138–126 BCE)

174 BCE - 104 BCE

The Black Death's spread along Silk Road routes (1346–1353 CE)

1346 - 1353

Tang dynasty cosmopolitan trade on the Silk Road (7th–9th centuries CE)

618 - 884

Spread of Mahayana Buddhism along Silk Road corridors (1st–8th centuries CE)

68 - 800

Sogdian merchant diasporas and oasis-city commerce (4th–8th centuries CE)

313 - 755

Silk Road trade through Baghdad, Samarkand, and Bukhara under Islamic rule (8th–13th centuries CE)

710 - 1258

Sassanian Persia and control of Silk Road passages (3rd–7th centuries CE)

224 - 651

Samanid and Uyghur commercial networks in Central Asia (9th–10th centuries CE)

819 - 1000

Roman Empire imports of silk and luxury goods (1st–4th centuries CE)

1 - 399

Portuguese Indian Ocean expansion and its effects on overland Silk Road trade (15th–17th centuries CE)

1498 - 1641

Pax Mongolica: Mongol Empire facilitation of Silk Road exchange (13th–14th centuries CE)

1206 - 1368

Parthian mediation of East–West trade routes (3rd century BCE–3rd century CE)

247 BCE - 224

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