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Marco Polo's caravan travelling along the Silk Road.
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes that linked together Asian and European civilizations across the great Eurasian continent and northeastern Africa. It was vital to ancient commerce and cultural exchange, connecting realms as far apart as Rome, Persia, India, and China for thousands of years.[1]
Among the most significant goods that passed through this network were the silks of China, the glassware of the Byzantines, and the spices of Central Asia.[1] Cities situated along these routes rose in importance, as was the case with Herat, which benefited from its proximity to the Hari River.[2] The area of Central Asia known to the Chinese as the Western Regions was a strategic borderland between empires. Conflicts like the Battle of Talas in 751 between the Tang and the Abbasids constitute some of the "forgotten" stories of the Silk Road.[1]
A map of the Silk Road's paths and stops
Exchange was not limited to material goods; the dissemination of ideas and beliefs of all forms was facilitated as well. From India, Buddhism spread into Central Asia and reached China by the 1st century, where the growth of its influence only accelerated in the tumultuous era that followed in the region. By the time of the Tang dynasty, it had been thoroughly entrenched as a predominant faith in East Asia. By extension, the Silk Road also served as a channel for the movement of Pieces of Eden and other relics of the Isu like the śarīra, which the Buddhists venerated as remains of enlightened masters. Chang'an was the eastern terminus of the Silk Road, and under the open society of the Tang, the city was home to a sizable population of Zoroastrians, Nestorian Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, scholars, merchants, and entertainers from as far away as Western Asia[3]
Appearances[]
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Dynasty
- Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One (mentioned only)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Beacon Fire (Part 1)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: Herat
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – The Flower Banquet (Special)
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