Sentences with phrase «important trading centre»

Historically, Antibes was an important trading centre, first for the Greeks who established a settlement here in the fifth century BC and subsequently for the Romans, under whom the city grew to become the largest in the region.

The town was once an important trading centre and until the establishment of a deep sea port at Sihanoukville in the 1950s, Kampot was Cambodia's primary port.

There, visitors learn of Venetian traders who brought diamonds to Europe from India, once the world's only known source, eventually establishing a permanent presence in this once - important trade centre by the 15th century.

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It is important to note that it was along these trade routes that Christian centres developed.

Located on the coast, Velia and Isola Sacra were known as important port cities and trading centres.

Bahrain was home to the Dilmun civilization, an important Bronze Age trade centre linking Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.

In Yangon, the country's former capital and an important economic centre for trade and tourism, Novotel Yangon Max will be completed by the end of 2013.

The River Indus and its multiple tributaries was once the centre of the Indus Valley Civilization and an important trading route in the centuries that followed.