A Study Of Relations Between The Central Asia And China On Four Topics During The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Century

It was a crucial time node around A.D.1500,for globalization had become an irresistibletrend,along with the opening of the New Route.However,it didn’t affect the Muslim world inCentral Asia,where the traditional order remained stable.In the early16th century,Uzbeks hadreplaced descendants of Timur to be the master of Central Asia and established Khanate ofBukhara in Transoxiana and Khanate of Khiva in Khwarezm. At the same time,there were alsotwo Khanates, the East Qagatay and the Yarkand,coexisted in Xinjiang.Fragmented andLocalized power and few Chinese historical record,which seemed to manifest that the decline ofthis traditional silk road during this time.Quite the opposite,we can detect that it was tightconnection that between Central Asia and China,but not separation from Bukhara merchants’frequent exchanges,eastward migrations of ethnic groups and the activities of Sufis clerics inChina.This kind of communication was not simply point-to-point mode,but an indirectinteraction pattern among Central Asian,Xinjiang,and Inner China.This article,in theperspective of the Sino-foreign relations history,is going to reexamine the communicationbetween Central Asian and China,as well as its far-reaching consequences through fourtopics,which are political interaction among the different regimes, business network in CentralAsia, ethnic blend, and activities of Sufi clerics in China.