trade route
noun
1
: one of the sea-lanes ordinarily used by merchant ships
2
: a route followed by traders (as in caravans)
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The Yersinia pestis bacteria from fleas carried by rodents wrought havoc across trade routes and port cities of the Old World, decimating human populations with plague.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Much more than a simple trade route from East to west, the Silk Roads were an intricate web of networks that linked communities in Asia, Africa and Europe, from Japan to Ireland, from the Arctic to Madagascar, and spanned a rich period in history between AD 500-1000.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
With this new study, researchers wanted to figure out where the limestone came from, in hopes of better understanding 17th-century trade routes.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
However, the fact that researchers haven’t found any clear evidence in the area of sources of wealth, such as mines for metal or places to extract salt, makes the trade route theory less likely, said Barry Molloy, an associate professor in the school of archaeology at University College Dublin.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Much more than a simple trade route from East to west, the Silk Roads were an intricate web of networks that linked communities in Asia, Africa and Europe, from Japan to Ireland, from the Arctic to Madagascar, and spanned a rich period in history between AD 500-1000.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
With this new study, researchers wanted to figure out where the limestone came from, in hopes of better understanding 17th-century trade routes.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
However, the fact that researchers haven’t found any clear evidence in the area of sources of wealth, such as mines for metal or places to extract salt, makes the trade route theory less likely, said Barry Molloy, an associate professor in the school of archaeology at University College Dublin.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
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