| From Xiliao Empire to Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the main feature of the Uighur economic history is that the Uighur economy has ruled by other ethnic rule with three times and that the Uighur has built Yarkand Khanate.The Uighur has dependent sovereign states that are Xiliao Empire, Yuan Dynasty, Moghulistan. After that, The Uighur has formed dependent economic structure. Building Yarkand Khanate has made the Uighur independence and the Uighur economy rehabilitation and development. From Xiliao Empire to Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Uighur has been reclamation in the Western Regions and relying on the Silk Road for trade, which has been strengthen economic exchanges among peoples.The Uighur has been ruled by Xi Liao with "the custom rule" and Meng Yuan with "the rule of time" policy. Under the internal and external effects, and gradually formed dependent economic system of feudal lords. With the demise of the Chagatai Khanate, the Uighur has regimed in fragment among the Uighur decentralizing economic system of feudal lords, the Uighur mutual struggling with each other, the Uighur competing with Ming Dynasty in economic interests, which has made the Uighur ruled by Moghulistan, and eventually forming dependent Moghulistan feudal lord system of economic structure. Then, the Uighur has establishmented Yarkand Khanate, which marks the Uighur dependence of the feudal lord system based national economy into an independent economic system of feudal lords. The Uighur has obtained a stable economic development, which has made its agriculture and handicrafts flourish, its Bazaar and mall prosperity. Burke system,feudal patriarchal,land and tax system, immigration reclamation policy have embodies the characteristics of the Yarkand Khanate economic system. In the period Yarkand Khanate, Islam has played an important role. Islamic forces have infiltrated all areas of the Uighur community and try to control the secular regime, while Yarkand Khanate secular regime wants to use Islamic forces to maintain their rule of Islamic order. This period is a crucial period to Islamic theocracy again. From Xiliao Empire to Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Uighur further has developed Western Regions and formed three distinctive economic zones. At the same time, the Uighur has developed agriculture and animal husbandry as the basis for the development of national handicraft, which has made the Silk Road prosperous. The Uighur has made irreplaceable contributions for developing Western Regions ang the prosperity of the Silk Road. The tade of Silk Rode has experienced with decline and rise, which has made the Uighur economy ups and downs. |