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Nomadic pastoral networks and steppe trade routes (1st millennium BCE–14th century CE)

Nomadic pastoral networks and steppe trade routes (1st millennium BCE–14th century CE)

  1. Early Scythian kurgans in the Uyuk Valley

    Labels: Uyuk Valley, Scythian kurgans

  2. Pazyryk culture spreads across the Altai

    Labels: Pazyryk culture, Altai

  3. Xiongnu confederation forms a steppe superpower

    Labels: Xiongnu, eastern steppe

  4. Zhang Qian’s mission helps open Silk Road links

    Labels: Zhang Qian, Han envoy

  5. Yuezhi migration reshapes Central Asian routes

    Labels: Yuezhi, Sogdiana

  6. Sogdian merchants become key middlemen across Eurasia

    Labels: Sogdian merchants, Samarkand

  7. Göktürk Khaganate rises and contests Silk Road control

    Labels: G kt, First Turkic

  8. Turk–Byzantine diplomacy links steppe and Mediterranean trade

    Labels: Turk Byzantine, Constantinople

  9. Türgesh Khaganate controls key towns in Zhetysu

    Labels: T rgesh, Zhetysu

  10. Battle of Talas shifts imperial competition in Central Asia

    Labels: Battle of, Taraz region

  11. Kara-Khanids adopt Islam and reshape cultural exchange

    Labels: Kara-Khanids, Islamization

  12. Seljuq victory at Dandānqān reorders power in Khorasan

    Labels: Battle of, Seljuqs

  13. Mongols conquer Khwarazm and break old city networks

    Labels: Mongol conquest, Khwarazm

  14. Chagatai Khanate anchors Mongol rule in Central Asia

    Labels: Chagatai Khanate, Mongol successor

  15. Pax Mongolica boosts long-distance travel and exchange

    Labels: Pax Mongolica, Mongol Empire

  16. Black Death spreads along trade corridors, undermining networks

    Labels: Black Death, Silk Roads

  17. Chagatai realm fragments, narrowing the steppe-trade system’s coherence

    Labels: Chagatai fragmentation, successor states