公元八至九世纪,亚洲大陆两端分别存在着一个富庶、庞大的国家——东方的唐王朝和西方的阿拔斯王朝(中国史籍称为“黑衣大食”)。两大帝国通过贯通中亚的陆上丝绸之路和横越印度洋的海上丝绸之路进行远程贸易,联手打造了中古时期世界上最为重要的两条经济、文化交流大动脉。对比陆上丝绸之路,海上丝绸之路的研究起步晚,成果也较薄弱。虽然《新唐书·地理志》中的“广州通海夷道”对这条从广 From the eighth to the ninth centuries AD, there existed a prosperous and huge nation on both ends of the Asian continent - the Tang dynasty in the east and the Abbasid dynasty in the west (Chinese historical books are called “The Great Food”). The two great empires, through their land-based Silk Road in Central Asia and their long distance trade across the Indian Ocean’s maritime Silk Road, joined forces to create the two most important economic and cultural exchanges in the world during the Middle Ages. Compared with the Silk Road on the land, the research on the Maritime Silk Road started late and the results were weaker. Although “New Tang Shu Geographical Records” in the “Guangzhou Tong Hai Yi Yi Road” on this from a wide