Sentences with phrase «mercantile empire»

The ARGO may not be any kind of warship and it's unlikely an ARGO will ever be the first to set down on an alien world... but they are an essential part of human commerce, which makes them a valuable tool for anyone interested in building a mercantile empire.

Not exact matches

But I must say that as satisfying as building my trading empire was, I felt less like a mercantile genius and more like a guy who just bought some stuff when the numbers were low and sold»em when they were high in any one of the indistinguishable cities around the map.
Treating Berlin as a subjective microcosm, Gaitán traces its globality and mercantile linkages in the late 19th century as well as its journey from empire to nation - state.
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