This relationship both enriched the Xiongnu and helped strengthen Sogdian as a common language of trade. That commercial network was the prototype of the structure on which the later Turkic khaganates too would rely on the Sogdians.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was Xiongnu and Sogdian Merchants: Silk Road Middlemen?
- Sogdian merchants carried Chinese goods westward through Xiongnu lands, and the Xiongnu levied a transit tax.
- When did Xiongnu and Sogdian Merchants: Silk Road Middlemen happen?
- 150 BCE
- Where did Xiongnu and Sogdian Merchants: Silk Road Middlemen take place?
- Sogdiana (Semerkand)