Sentence examples for trade arteries from inspiring English sources

The collapse of the Assyrian empire had the consequence that many trade arteries were rerouted through Babylonia.

During the pre-Columbian era, it served as one of the main trade arteries of the Maya Indians.

The post-Karakitai wars between him and Küchlüg Khan damaged the safety of the Central Asian trade arteries from China to the West.

The town grew up as a trading post along America's first trade arteries, and in the early days of the roads Frederick was as far west as you could go without worrying about highwaymen and battles between colonials and Native Americans.

Once its use as a pigment had been perfected, the great trade arteries that ran from East to West began to flow with new, distinctively patterned ceramics, spawning a mania for all things blue and white — to the extent that European and Ottoman factories began to produce their own hybrid designs in order to meet the insatiable demand.

The revival of Iran's trade arteries after six decades of intermittent civil war, fractured rule, and isolation allowed the epidemic to spread inland and assume national proportions.

In the 21st century the river has continued its role as an important trade artery.

In Serbia, the old Highway of Brotherly Love, once the Balkans' main trade artery, has been torn up by NATO bombs.

Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara is Turkey's main port, while the Danube acts as a huge trade artery for the Balkan countries.

-- R. K., Brooklyn A. The 149-mile-long Canal du Midi, which connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, was built in the 1600's to serve as a major trade artery for France.

The most recent fighting in Juba has brought the flow of goods along the main trade artery from Uganda almost to a halt, further accelerating price hikes and sending ripple effects through markets across the country.