History 1113
The Silk Road and the Sogdians
I. The Silk Road: Geography and Basic Politics
A. Geography
B. Major States in the Region c. 600 C.E.
1. China
2. Tibet
3. Islamic Empire
4. Turkic/Nomadic Empires
5.Tarim City-States & Oasis States
II. The Sogdians: The Middlemen of the Silk Road
A. Origins
B. Religion
C. Role in the Silk Road Trade
1. Role of the Middleman
2. How the Trade Worked
a. Three kinds of merchants:
b. Settlements
c. Transportation
Key Terms:
Anatolia
China
Indian Ocean
Samarkand
Uzbekistan
Chang'an
Xian (Hsien)
Mongolia
Himalayan Mountains
Pamir Mountains
Baron Ferdinand von Richtofen (1833-1905, Not the WWI Flying Ace)
Sogdiana
Oxus River
Tarim basin
Lop-nor
Gansu (Kansu) Corridor
Dunhuang (Tun-huang)
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Xianbi (Hsienbi)
Yarlung Valley
Aza
Ordos Steppe Lands
Gobi Steppe Lands
Kashmir
Umayyid dynasty
Abbasid dynasty
Kucha
Khotan
Bactria
Zerafshan River
Saleucid empire
Buddhism
Judaism
Manicheism
Zorastrianism
Nestorian Christianity
Islam
Muslims
dhimmis
jiziya/jziya
Balkh
Chach
caravanserai
entrepôts
princely courts
city-states
garrisons
staging posts
merchant colonies
yaks
horses
camels