...Khanate, occurred precisely as trade with the unified Tang state became especially lucrative. This was accompanied by socioreligious change: the traditional...old Silk Road with the Chinese state developed to the extent that the Uyghur gradually adopted the cultural, dress and even agricultural practices of...

...especially lucrative, is spelled out in more detail in the following chapter. Suffice it to note that sedentarization and interaction with the Chinese state...Uyghur came increasingly under the influence of Persian Manichaeism, Buddhism, and, eventually, Nestorian Christianity (Sinor 1969:114—15). Extensive trade...

...centers, contributed to a settled way of life for the Uyghur tribes (Samolin 1964: 74-5). Sedentation and interaction with the Chinese state was accompanied...Manichaeanism, Buddhism, and eventually, Nestorian Christianity (Sinor 1969: 114-15). Extensive trade and military alliances along the old Silk Road with the Chinese...