Painterly reconstruction of a sunlit market street: stalls hung with patterned textiles and piled with folded cloth, baskets and pots line a stone-paved lane where people and a laden donkey walk under awnings, towards a gateway with a domed building, a minaret-like tower and palms beyond.

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Detail of the same illustrated bazaar: stacks of folded, patterned textiles, cloth-draped tables and woven baskets under a stall's timber posts.

Paper

Papermaking developed in China and spread westward through several regions and communities. The exact journeys cannot be reduced to one neat route.

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Papermaking developed in China and spread westward through several regions and communities over time. — Avoid the simplified Talas papermakers story without nuanced evidence.
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