明代東トルキスタンの交易路とその変遷

Abstract

Despite numerous studies on the transportation hubs in Eastern Turkistan that connect West Asia and China in the ancient and early modern time, there are few studies on the transition of trade routes in the period between the fall down of the Mongolian Empire (14th century) and the arrival of Portugese missionaries (17th century) . This study shows the main routes and the transition of trade routes in Eastern Turkistan in this period to fill the gap. A series of bibliographic survey of geographical documents and records of ambassadors and merchants who traveled this region reveal three main routes shown in the Khitai-nama, their transition, and the reason why the main route had changed.