Sentences with phrase «important trading center»

Such arithmetic would have been essential as the islands became important trade centers.

The Pastor of Zwichau: Zwickau, because of its strategic geographic location with Leipzig, belonged to Germany's most important trade centers.

After conquering the Etruscans during the third century A.D., the Romans established Florence as an important trading center.

These excavations prove that Tell Brak was a place of impressive wealth and sophistication, an important trading center and a major (and previously unappreciated) player in the early game of civilization.

By at least 5,000 years ago, this location near the Atlantic coast served as an important trade center for locals who specialized in salt production and raising livestock.

Bergen was once an important trading center of the Hanseatic League, which dominated commercial activity in northern Europe in the Late Middle Ages.

An important trade center, Coba was the hub for a series of ancient white limestone roads (called sacbe) that radiate out from the city, like spokes on a wheel.

At its peak, the site was an important trading center with over 10,000 Maya living in the vicinity.

Enjoy an evening at leisure to explore one of northern Europe's oldest port cities — once an important trading center of the Hanseatic League.

Porta Ticinese is a former city gate of Milan in a district that was, in Middle Ages, an important trading center of the city.

Like Tulum, Xel - Ha has a rich history, but unique as a important trade center.

Altun Ha is just 34 miles to the north of Belize City, and because of its close proximity to the sea is thought to have been an important trading center for the 1200 years it was inhabited.

The complex was once an important trading center and has been extensively restored over the years.

Altun Ha appears to have been an important trade center, trading as far south as Panama and as far north as what is now Mexico City.

Belize was an important trading center of the Mayan civilization.

The sultanate became an important trading center in the early 15th century, lying halfway between China and India, and with easy access to Siam and the spice islands of Indonesia.

Archeologists uncovered one of the largest carved jades of the Mayan world in the ruins of Altun Ha, an important trading center more than 2,000 years ago.

Patna is an important trade center in northeast India.

Kolkata has always been an important trade center for gold.