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The Sogdian Caravans: Silk Road Merchants Who Built an Empire
Long before the Mongol Empire unified the Silk Road, the Sogdians—a people from the fertile river valleys of Transoxiana—were the true middlemen of the ancient world. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Sogdian merchant families, operating from their homeland in Samarkand and Bukhara, established a network of caravanserais and trading posts stretching from Merv to Chang'an. They didn't just move silk and spices; they carried religions like Manichaeism, Buddhism, and Nestorian Christianity, and even influenced the rise of the Turkic Khaganates. Using the Sogdian Ancient…
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