Sentences with phrase «wealthy merchant traders»

Interested in learning about the time of the Vikings (late 8th century to the mid-11th century) and the German Hanseatic League of wealthy merchant traders during the 13th to 15th centuries, we visited picturesque towns in Scandinavia, like Copenhagen, Denmark; Tallinn, Estonia; and Bergen, Norway and experienced firsthand the gilded grandeur of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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While many merchants and traders became wealthy from the mahogany industry, new mahogany trees weren't initially planted.

Historically speaking, royal families, religious oligarchs as well as wealthy merchants and traders have been the main source of patronage for the past few hundred years.