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How Papermaking Spread Along the Silk Road
In this episode of Trade Routes That Changed Human History Forever, Lucas and Luna explore how papermaking, a Chinese invention, traveled westward along the Silk Road after the Battle of Talas in 751 CE. They discuss the capture of Chinese papermakers by Arab forces, the establishment of paper mills in Samarkand and Baghdad, and how this technology fueled the Abbasid translation movement and eventually reached Europe via Muslim Spain. Learn about the key figures like General Gao Xianzhi and Ziyad ibn Salih, the role of the Silk Road in transmitting not just goods but ideas, and how paper…
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