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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Guangzhou as an international trade hub (Tang–Ming, 7th–16th centuries)

Guangzhou as an international trade hub (Tang–Ming, 7th–16th centuries)

  1. Guangzhou becomes a prefectural center and port

    Labels: Guangzhou Prefecture, Pearl River

  2. Tang dynasty expansion boosts Guangzhou’s maritime trade

    Labels: Tang dynasty, Arab merchants

  3. Arab-Persian raid sacks Guangzhou’s port area

    Labels: Abbasid raiders, Guangzhou port

  4. Huang Chao’s forces devastate Guangzhou’s foreign quarter

    Labels: Huang Chao, Foreign quarter

  5. Song creates a maritime trade office in Guangzhou

    Labels: Shibosi, Northern Song

  6. Guangzhou trade administration shapes Song maritime knowledge

    Labels: Pingzhou Ketan, Zhu Yu

  7. Yuan dynasty continues state oversight of port commerce

    Labels: Yuan dynasty, maritime offices

  8. Early Ming sea ban restricts private overseas trade

    Labels: Haijin, Hongwu

  9. Ming shuts Guangzhou’s maritime trade office

    Labels: Maritime intendancy, Ming policy

  10. Zheng He era reasserts state-led maritime outreach

    Labels: Zheng He, Ming voyages

  11. Portuguese arrive in the Pearl River Delta

    Labels: Jorge lvares, Pearl River

  12. Portuguese trading mission reaches Guangzhou

    Labels: Fern o, Tom Pires

  13. Late Ming policy shift legalizes trade elsewhere, not Guangzhou

    Labels: Yuegang, Late Ming