Factors in the Development and Maintenance of the Overland Silk Road Trade during the Ming Dynasty——Discussing on the Evolution of Trade Routes
During the Ming Dynasty,traditional Silk Road trade remained relatively stable and developed,benefit from the tribute system centered on the tribute trade system.The Dverland Silk Road trade has been intermittent,but has not been stagnate.Positive factors that sustained the Ming Dynasty's Overland Silk Road trade included generous rules of rewards under the tribute system,fixed tribute routes,a lax system of censorship of entries,and a system of stagecoaches within the Ming Dynasty to Central and South Asia.Promoted by a combination of these factors,aft er the middle of the Ming Dynasty,although the political situation in Central Asia and the Yili Balia region put gradually ups and downs,the Ming Dynasty borders also broke out Hami crisis,there were still ambassadors and merchants from the western regions and Central and South Asian countries are not afraid of the difficulties and dangers of the endless stream of trade to come.Therefore,by exploring the evolution of trade routes within and outside the Ming Dynasty,we can also glimpse the influence of the tribute system on the choice of routes by merchants and emissaries,thus deepening our understanding of the Ming Dynasty's overland silk road trade as a whole.
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