| The wonderful second part of the book opens in the Tarim Basin circa 750 A.D. in a settlement of Tocharians. |
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| It is absent in the higher elevations of Pamir and Tien Shan, though they do occur in the Tarim basin and on the lower slopes of the Tien Shan. |
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| The Tarim mummies, found in present-day China, were anhydrated naturally by searing desert conditions. |
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| The Chagatayid khan, Duwa, helped the rebels, laying siege to Gaochang and defeating Kublai's garrisons in the Tarim Basin. |
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| After the devastating An Shi Rebellion from 755 to 763, the Tang Dynasty was in no position to reconquer Central Asia and the Tarim Basin. |
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| Military victories in the Tarim Basin kept the Silk Road open, connecting Chang'an to Central Asia and areas far to the west. |
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| Li and colleagues hunted for this vanished carbon around northwest China's Tarim Basin. |
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| Han general Ban Chao led an army of 70,000 mounted infantry and light cavalry troops in the 1st century CE to secure the trade routes, reaching far west to the Tarim basin. |
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| Textile analysis of fabric from the Tarim mummies in Xinjiang, northwestern China has also shown it to be similar to that of the Iron Age Hallstatt culture. |
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| He also pushed out Great Khan's overseer from the Tarim Basin. |
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| In exploration, we focused on oil and gas commercial discoveries, optimised exploration areas and made further discoveries in Tarim basin, Sichuan basin and Erdos basin. |
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| These musical instruments included oboes, flutes, and small lacquered drums from Kucha in the Tarim Basin, and percussion instruments from India such as cymbals. |
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| With the Mediterranean linked to the Fergana Valley, the next step was to open a route across the Tarim Basin and the Hexi Corridor to China Proper. |
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