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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Far from the Kumano, we were entrenched in the Edo period (1603-1868), when the Nakasendo Way flourished as a 330-mile trade route and main highway between Kyoto and Tokyo.
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Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Beyond military bases, China has poured billions of dollars into economic development across Africa through its Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to develop new trade routes for China.
—Carla Martinez MacHain, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2024
Blackthorne immediately shows signs of a greater purpose in Japan than his original selfish aim of establishing trade routes.
—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
Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Beyond military bases, China has poured billions of dollars into economic development across Africa through its Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to develop new trade routes for China.
—Carla Martinez MacHain, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2024
Blackthorne immediately shows signs of a greater purpose in Japan than his original selfish aim of establishing trade routes.
—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
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“Trade route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20route. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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