Central Asia’s Northern Passage

• • north of baghdad connected the persian gulf region with central asias northern passage 
• • this passage extended from east china to the west of the black sea
• • when ghengis khan took over, many europeans began to travel along the silk roads
• • many technologies from china reached europe
• • bukhara was the heart of the silk road’s northern passage, which were famous for its production of suzani carpets
• • bukhara connected silk raod southwards