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This book takes Guyuan, an important Silk Road town, as the research object and the rise and fall of the Silk Road as the research perspective. It systematically explores the historical changes in the ancient Guyuan region in terms of the evolution of administrative divisions, the evolution of military status, economic development, ethnic integration, and cultural exchange and inheritance. On this basis, it comprehensively demonstrates the gains and losses of past dynasties' policies in managing the northwest frontier, and explains the historical process of the ancient Guyuan region's evolution from a borderland to a hinterland.