西夏在中西贸易中的角色

The Role of the Xixia Dynasty in Chinese and Western Trade

西夏在十一世纪上半叶占据河西走廊地区，从而控制了中国与西方贸易陆上要道“丝绸之路”。其后，西夏结合优越的地理区位和自身社会经济发展特点，积极参与到中西贸易中，成为中西贸易中的商品中转站和货源地之一。这促进了其自身经济发展和中西经济交流，对丰富和发展中西贸易做出了贡献。

Xixia Dynasty controlled the main road of the Silk Road a channel of the trade between eastern and western after it seized the Hexi Corridor in the first halves of eleventh century. Thereafter, by the superiority of geographic location and based on its social eco- nomic development, Xixia Dynasty participated in the trade between eastern and western. It became one of important suppliers in the trade between eastern and western. This action promoted its economic development greatly, as well as eastern and western economic ex- changes, and made a great contribution to the enrichment and development of the trade between eastern and western.