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The Silk Roads: Overland Caravan Routes Across Central Asia
Map major overland routes connecting Chang'an to the Mediterranean and identify primary luxury commodities exchanged.
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Transregional Trade Networks of the Afro-Eurasian World
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Investigate how overland and maritime trade routes facilitated economic exchange, technological diffusion, and state formation across Afro-Eurasia.
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