For many centuries Central Asia, strategically located in the cross-roads of the Orient and the Occident, was a thriving hub of global trade and courtly culture. But all that began to change with the rise of a certain Çingis Hán in Mongolia and the rise of sea routes. And then the Russian conquest in the 19th century all but ended the trade and cultural importance of Central Asia.
The Persians’ Lost Home
The Persians’ Lost Home
The Persians’ Lost Home
For many centuries Central Asia, strategically located in the cross-roads of the Orient and the Occident, was a thriving hub of global trade and courtly culture. But all that began to change with the rise of a certain Çingis Hán in Mongolia and the rise of sea routes. And then the Russian conquest in the 19th century all but ended the trade and cultural importance of Central Asia.