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SOME 3，000 years ago，certain settlements in present-day Xinjiang UygurAutonomous Region were sites of prosperous transcontinental commerce，with merchants coming from as far as Greece，Rome and Arabia．Manypassed through Xinjiang on their way to Chinas central plains．