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Oasis city at the western end of the Tarim Basin, where the northern and southern routes around the Taklamakan rejoin before travellers face the Pamir passes.
39.5, 76.0 · exact · at least 2nd century BCE - present
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- is spread to of Islam — The Kara-Khanid conversion in the tenth century turned a long-Buddhist Kashgar into an Islamic centre — transmission by rule and commerce rather than by conquest from the west.
- is converges at of Northern Tarim route — The northern route rejoins the southern at Kashgar, at the western end of the basin, before the Pamir passes.
- is converges at of Southern Tarim route — The southern route rejoins the northern at Kashgar. That convergence is what makes Kashgar decisive rather than its size or its production.
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