Complex economies existed at both ends of the Silk Road and in the regions between them. That activity creates a problem for assumptions that only the European end had sophisticated economic structures. A comparison of institutions needs grounds consistent with the known economic complexity along the route. Questioning an inherited narrative in this way begins with the evidence that the narrative must explain.
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What Silk Road trade implies about economic institutions
The economic complexity along the Silk Road challenges an assumption that sophisticated institutions existed at only one end.