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The Sogdian Trade Diaspora That Built the Silk Road
Long before the Mongols, long before Marco Polo, a single people from the heart of Central Asia — the Sogdians — created the world's first great trade diaspora. They connected China, India, Persia, and the Mediterranean for over a thousand years, speaking a Middle Iranian language that became the lingua franca of the Silk Road. Their cities — Samarkand, Bukhara, Panjikent — were hubs of commerce, art, and religion. They brought Buddhism from India to China, Manichaeism across Eurasia, and even influenced the spread of Nestorian Christianity. This episode explores how the Sogdians…
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