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Silk Road Dynasties

  • Shang Kingdom
    1600 BCE

    Shang Kingdom

    In the Shang Kingdom, jade was highly valued, and they imported jade from an area of Xinjiang using the silk road
  • Shang Kingdom
    1046 BCE

    Shang Kingdom

  • Zhou Dynasty
    1045 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    It iz known that by around 600 BC, gold, jade, and silk was being traded between Europe and Western Asia and the advanced states of the Zhou Dynasty. Civilizations active in the Silk Road trade included Ancient Greece, Persia, Yuezhi, and the Qin State that controlled the eastern part of the Hexi Corridor
  • Zhou Dynasty ENDS
    221 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty ENDS

  • Han Empire
    206 BCE

    Han Empire

    The people in the Han Empire traded silk within the empire from the interior to the western borders, but the internal trade was stopped by the attacks of small nomadic tribes on the trade caravans.In order to protect their internal trade routes they sent General Zhang Qian as an envoy to build relationships.
  • Sogdian Traders
    200 BCE

    Sogdian Traders

    The Sogdians dominated the Silk Road trade.They were the Silk Road's most prominent merchants and middlemen for more than 1,000 years. They established a trading network across 1,500 miles from Sogdia to the Chinese empires.
  • Han Empire END
    220

    Han Empire END

  • 3 Kingdoms Period
    220

    3 Kingdoms Period

    After the Han Empire, people traded silk within the empire from interior borders. However, due to the Han dynasty separating it started arguments and ceased trading.
  • 3 Kingdoms Period END
    581

    3 Kingdoms Period END

  • Tang Dynasty
    618

    Tang Dynasty

    In the early Tang Dynasty era, the Silk Road route in Xinjiang was controlled by Turkic tribes. They allied with small states in Xinjiang against the Tang.The Tang Dynasty later conquered the Turkic tribes, reopened the route, and promoted trade. Trade with the West INCREASED HIGHLY.
  • Tang Dynasty ENDS
    917

    Tang Dynasty ENDS

  • Song Empire
    960

    Song Empire

    The Song Dynasty wanted to regain the land of the Western Xia, they thought that they perhaps reestablish the same profit Silk Road trade that benefited the Han and Tang dynasties, however it didn't work.
  • Sogdian Traders END
    1000

    Sogdian Traders END

  • Song Empire ENDS
    1279

    Song Empire ENDS