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

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

  1. Tang dynasty founded, reopening Eurasian routes

    Labels: Tang dynasty, Chang'an

  2. Tang expands into the Tarim Basin

    Labels: Gaochang, Tarim Basin

  3. Anxi Protectorate established at Turpan

    Labels: Anxi Protectorate, Turpan

  4. Kucha conquered; Anxi seat moves westward

    Labels: Kucha, Anxi headquarters

  5. Four Garrisons of Anxi installed

    Labels: Four Garrisons, Khotan

  6. Dunhuang’s Tang-era cave art records exchange

    Labels: Dunhuang, Mogao Caves

  7. Battle of Talas limits Tang westward expansion

    Labels: Battle of, Abbasid Caliphate

  8. An Lushan Rebellion disrupts imperial trade security

    Labels: An Lushan, Tang court

  9. Guangzhou raided, exposing maritime trade risks

    Labels: Guangzhou, Indian Ocean

  10. Yangzhou massacre targets foreign merchant community

    Labels: Yangzhou, foreign merchants

  11. Christian presence commemorated by the Xi’an Stele

    Labels: Xi'an Stele, Nestorian Christianity

  12. Tang withdraws from Hexi Corridor; Tibet advances

    Labels: Hexi Corridor, Tibetan Empire

  13. Huichang persecution strikes “foreign” religions

    Labels: Huichang persecution, Emperor Wuzong

  14. Dunhuang region revolts; Guiyi Circuit restores local routes

    Labels: Guiyi Circuit, Zhang Yichao

  15. Merchant travel writings describe Tang luxury exports

    Labels: Sulaym n, merchant writings

  16. Huang Chao captures Guangzhou, undermining trade hubs

    Labels: Huang Chao, Guangzhou

  17. Guangzhou massacre of foreigners during late-Tang violence

    Labels: Guangzhou massacre, foreign residents

  18. Huang Chao dies; Tang authority continues to unravel

    Labels: Huang Chao, Tang collapse