long-distance trade

collocation in English

meanings of long-distanceand trade

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long-distance
adjective[before noun]
adverb
uk /ˌlɒŋˈdɪs.təns/ us /ˌlɑːŋˈdɪs.təns/
travelling a long way, or separated by a ...
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trade
noun
uk /treɪd/ us /treɪd/
the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people ...
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Examples of long-distance trade

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Also, it stimulated long-distancetrade and had the effect that the provinces became more and more integrated into a monetary economy.
Their interest was primarily commercial gain, and they both established companies to manage the long-distancetrade.
Control of long-distancetrade was also an important source of power for both sultanates.
However, this model reduced economic development to trade alone and, more specifically, to long-distancetrade in mainly precious commodities.
This is of course a very archaeological view, as long-distancetrade is one of the more visible activities, leaving beads, glass and ceramics.
Conversion was brought about by historical changes which tended to dissolve the boundaries of the microcosm, whether long-distancetrade, migration or conquest.
Among economic resources, only long-distancetrade provided a sufficient source of income.
Long-distancetrade in both wool and woven products expanded.
Women had a close involvement with long-distancetrade and were part of a complementary gender division of labour with a male bias.
The process hurt many local weaving traditions, but stimulated long-distancetrade and the use of traded wool.
Long-distancetrade required more of the men's time, and agricultural work was increasingly left to the women.
We can then draw the inference that long-distancetrade in wool increased between circa 1880 and 1940-50.
Both the historical and archaeological evidence suggests that long-distancetrade was royally focused and that redistributive mechanisms determined the dispersal of imports within the kingdom.
Long-distancetrade brought 'about intensive social interaction between various ethnic groupings'.
Even if the prices did not rise quickly because of the shortages of specie or some other reason, long-distancetrade acted as the ultimate equalizer in the longer term.
The intensification of pottery production and increased export of locally produced vessels may have created the need for community leaders to take charge of bartering long-distancetrade.
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