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The Camel Corps: How Bactrian Camels Conquered the Silk Road
Before the Silk Road could move silk, spices, and ideas across Central Asia, an unlikely animal made it all possible: the Bactrian camel. In Episode 63 of Trade Routes That Changed Human History Forever, Lucas and Luna explore the biological and logistical revolution that allowed caravans to survive the Taklamakan Desert, the Gobi, and the Pamir Mountains. They trace the camel's domestication in the cold steppes of Bactria around 2500 BCE, the evolution of the two-humped beast that could go weeks without water, and the ingenious Sogdian innovations in camel breeding and caravan…
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