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Kazakhstan Was a Major Part of the Silk Roads

FALSE: The Silk Road bypassed Kazakhstan

Myth examined

“The Silk Road bypassed Kazakhstan”

False. UNESCO’s transnational Chang’an–Tianshan corridor includes sites in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s valleys, settlements and trading routes were part of the connected network rather than an empty gap between China and Europe.

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