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Walled inns gave merchants shelter, water and security along long land routes. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Caravanserais were spaced about a day's travel apart

Walled inns gave merchants shelter, water and security along long land routes Along routes from Anatolia to Central Asia, rulers and wealthy patrons funded caravanserais, walled courtyards with stables, storerooms and sleeping quarters. Many were endowed as charitable trusts, making them free to stay in, and stood roughly thirty kilometres apart so a caravan could reach one before dark. Seljuk examples in Anatolia survive in remarkable condition. It sits in Mondo's history collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Walled inns gave merchants shelter, water and security along long land routes. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.