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Across Eurasia with the Sogdians: Trade, Religion, and Cultural Exchange

Sanjyot Mehendale

The Sogdians were an Iranian-speaking people from the great Central Asian cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. Between the fourth and eighth centuries CE, they became the most influential merchants of the Silk Roads, establishing trading communities that stretched from Central Asia to China and beyond. More than traders, they served as cultural brokers, carrying not […]

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