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The Belitung Shipwreck: Tang Treasures and the Sea Road
This episode of Fexingo History dives into the Belitung shipwreck, a ninth-century Arab dhow discovered off Indonesia's coast in 1998. We explore how this single find rewrote our understanding of early maritime trade between Tang China and the Abbasid Empire. Lucas and Luna discuss the ship's construction, its cargo of Changsha ceramics and gold treasures, and what it reveals about the monsoon-driven routes that connected Guangzhou and Siraf. They also touch on the ongoing debate over the wreck's salvage and display, and what it means for our view of the Silk Road at sea…
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