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The Silk Road's First Bankers: Sogdian Networks
Long before the Timurids built their blue-domed masterpieces in Samarkand, a different kind of empire rose from the dust of Central Asia. This episode explores the Sogdian merchants who didn't just trade goods but created the world's first transcontinental banking system. We look at how letters found in the Afrosiab ruins and the Dunhuang caves reveal a network that stretched from Chang'an to Constantinople. Lucas and Luna discuss the concept of the patikar, or partner, and how trust was enforced through social pressure rather than courts. You will hear about the city of…
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