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The Khan's Messenger: How Postal Riders Held Central Asia Together
Before the telegraph, before the railroad, Central Asia's vast distances were crossed on horseback by riders who carried more than just letters—they carried the very authority of empires. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the evolution of the postal system from the Sogdian trading networks of the ancient Silk Road to the lightning-fast yam system of the Mongol Empire, and finally to the Russian imperial post that replaced it in the nineteenth century. We meet the Sogdian merchants who used letters to coordinate trade between Panjakent and Chang'an, follow Chinggis Khan's…
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