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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Blackthorne immediately shows signs of a greater purpose in Japan than his original selfish aim of establishing trade routes.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
For hundreds of years, until the 15th century, Chang’an represented the eastern end of the Silk Road, the trade route that connected Europe with Asia.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Hanseatic League traders enjoyed toll privileges, protection in affiliated communities and their trade routes, economic interdependence, and all sorts of alliances between ruling families, otherwise known today as good foreign relations.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
How the Red Sea crisis is upending global trade
Attacks on container vessels in the Red Sea have been wreaking havoc on one of the world’s most important trade routes for weeks, and shipping giant Maersk warned Thursday that the disruption could last as long as a year.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Pottery Was Important to Ancient Trade Routes Pottery and ceramics were also essential to ancient trade routes.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Even oil tankers, which for a time had continued their transit through the Red Sea even as cargo vessels headed for safer passages, abandoned the trade route this week.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
British naval historian Andrew Lambert has pointed out how nation-states from ancient Tyre to modern Great Britain created increasingly complex trade routes protected by their navies to generate wealth and then political power in an exponential manner.
—Jim Talent, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
Ikea is warning of possible shortages of some of its products as shipping companies bypass the Red Sea, one of the world's busiest trade routes, because of mounting security threats in the region.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
For hundreds of years, until the 15th century, Chang’an represented the eastern end of the Silk Road, the trade route that connected Europe with Asia.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Hanseatic League traders enjoyed toll privileges, protection in affiliated communities and their trade routes, economic interdependence, and all sorts of alliances between ruling families, otherwise known today as good foreign relations.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
How the Red Sea crisis is upending global trade
Attacks on container vessels in the Red Sea have been wreaking havoc on one of the world’s most important trade routes for weeks, and shipping giant Maersk warned Thursday that the disruption could last as long as a year.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Pottery Was Important to Ancient Trade Routes Pottery and ceramics were also essential to ancient trade routes.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Even oil tankers, which for a time had continued their transit through the Red Sea even as cargo vessels headed for safer passages, abandoned the trade route this week.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
British naval historian Andrew Lambert has pointed out how nation-states from ancient Tyre to modern Great Britain created increasingly complex trade routes protected by their navies to generate wealth and then political power in an exponential manner.
—Jim Talent, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
Ikea is warning of possible shortages of some of its products as shipping companies bypass the Red Sea, one of the world's busiest trade routes, because of mounting security threats in the region.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
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“Trade route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20route. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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