Medieval Asia

thumb|upright=1.35|14th-century miniature of the Battle of Dorylaeum (1147), a [[Second Crusade battle, from the ''Estoire d'Eracles''|alt=Medieval illustration of a battle during the Second Crusade]]

trade routes through Asia connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea

dynasty that ruled over China from 581 to 618

Period of Chinese history (907–979)

Khitan imperial dynasty in East Asia (916-1125), controlling northern and northeastern China, Mongolia, Russian Far East and North Korea

period in Chinese history from 420 to 589

1400–1511 state on the Malay Peninsula

Vietnam's monarch that ruled from 1009 to 1226.

thumb|400px|Map of Eurasia showing the trade network of the Radhanites (in blue), , as reported in the account of [[Ibn Khordadbeh in the Book of Roads and Kingdoms; other trade routes of the period are shown in purple.]]

maritime section of the historic Silk Road