Silk Road
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Central Asian political transformations after the Battle of Talas (751–900 CE)
751 - 900
Decline of overland Silk Road commerce and early modern transitions (15th–18th centuries CE)
1450 - 1799
Development and network of Silk Road caravanserai (6th–14th centuries CE)
580 - 1400
Han dynasty Silk Road diplomacy and trade networks (2nd century BCE–1st century CE)
198 BCE - 102
Ilkhanid–Mamluk competition and its impact on Silk Road commerce (13th–15th centuries CE)
1260 - 1517
Marco Polo's travels and Venetian reporting on Silk Road cities (1271–1295 CE)
1271 - 1324
Maritime Silk Road voyages and Southeast Asian links (7th–15th centuries CE)
682 - 1433
Ottoman consolidation of Anatolian and Levantine Silk Road links (15th–17th centuries CE)
1453 - 1650
Parthian mediation of East–West trade routes (3rd century BCE–3rd century CE)
247 BCE - 224
Pax Mongolica: Mongol Empire facilitation of Silk Road exchange (13th–14th centuries CE)
1206 - 1368
Portuguese Indian Ocean expansion and its effects on overland Silk Road trade (15th–17th centuries CE)
1498 - 1641
Roman Empire imports of silk and luxury goods (1st–4th centuries CE)
1 - 399
Samanid and Uyghur commercial networks in Central Asia (9th–10th centuries CE)
819 - 1000
Sassanian Persia and control of Silk Road passages (3rd–7th centuries CE)
224 - 651
Silk Road trade through Baghdad, Samarkand, and Bukhara under Islamic rule (8th–13th centuries CE)
710 - 1258