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Which historic Silk Road oasis city's Sunday bazaar nearly vanished after China paved modern highways around 2000, ending centuries of camel caravan trade almost overnight?
Answer
Kashgar
Kashgar, an ancient oasis city in China's Xinjiang region, was a crucial Silk Road crossroads whose Sunday bazaar depended on camel caravans until new highways made that trade obsolete almost overnight.
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Kashgar's famous Sunday bazaar nearly disappeared after 2000 when China paved modern highways, making camel caravans obsolete overnight after 2,000 years of continuous trade.
Other options people guess
- Samarkand
- Bukhara
- Xi'an
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- china
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