Abstract

In the article M.-Sh. Kdyrniazova and O.-Sh. Kdyrniazova "The Great Silk Road and the medieval civilization of Khorezm" analyzes the importance of trade relations in the development of the culture of the cities of the Southern Aral Sea region. The Great Silk Road for centuries connected not only countries and peoples in economic and political relations, but also contributed to cross-cultural exchange, the emergence of innovative elements in the material culture of the peoples who lived in the territories through which the HSE passed. As evidenced by written sources and archaeological materials, for centuries the achievements of the civilizational processes of some intermediate settlements of Khorezm depended on the action of the Silk Road. The trade and craft centers of the region at the key points of this multi-branched road were important in the development of caravan routes. Thanks to the passage of caravan routes through local towns, new types of handicrafts appear here. This work is devoted to the analysis of these processes.