Oasis Route - Oasis Route

Japanese: オアシス・ルート - おあしするーと
Oasis Route - Oasis Route

...Furthermore, the fact that this route was used for exchanges with various regions is evident from the fact that Persian carpets, Indian shells, Chinese silk cloth and bronze tools have been excavated from the Pazyryk Tombs in the eastern Altai Mountains, which are thought to be ruins from around the 3rd to 2nd century BC. On the other hand, the "Oasis Road", "Oasis Route", and "Silk Road" that runs east-west connecting the oasis cities of Central and Western Asia seems to have been in use even before the famous Zhang Qian's westward journey in the 2nd century BC. Prior to that, during the Warring States period, soft jade native to the Khotan region was brought to China via this route and was highly valued as "Yushi's Jade" or "Kunlun Jade". It is also believed that the expansion of the Achaemenid Persian Empire to the east and west in the 6th century BC and Alexander the Great's eastern expedition in the 4th century BC also had a major impact on the development of this route.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oasis Route" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…さらに,このルートが諸方面との交流に利用されていたことは,前3~前2世紀ごろの遺跡と考えられるアルタイ山脈東部域のパジリク古墳群から,ペルシア産の絨緞,インド産の貝殻,中国産の絹布や青銅器などが出土していることからも明らかである。一方,中央アジア,西アジアのオアシス都市を結んで東西に走る〈オアシスの道〉〈オアシス・ルート〉〈シルクロード(絹の道)〉も,前2世紀の有名な張騫(ちようけん)の西方旅行以前からすでに利用されていたらしく,それに先立つ戦国時代の中国には,このルートを利用してホータン(于闐)地方原産の軟玉が伝えられ〈禺氏の玉〉〈崑崙の玉〉として珍重されていた。また前6世紀のアケメネス朝ペルシア帝国の東西への発展,前4世紀のアレクサンドロス大王の東方遠征も,このルートの発達に大きな影響を及ぼしたものと考えられる。…

※「オアシス・ルート」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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