Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Site of Palmyra' has mentioned 'Trade' in the following places:
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The city grew wealthy from trade caravans; the Palmyrenes became renowned as merchants who established colonies along the Silk Road and operated throughout the Roman Empire. | WIKI |
[173] It was mentioned next in the Mari tablets as a stop for trade caravans and nomadic tribes, such as the Suteans,[59] and was conquered along with its region by Yahdun-Lim of Mari. | WIKI |
[174] King Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria passed through the area on his way to the Mediterranean at the beginning of the 18th century BC;[175] by then, Palmyra was the easternmost point of the kingdom of Qatna,[176] and it was attacked by the Suteans who paralyzed the traffic along the trade routes. | WIKI |
[139] During the first century Palmyra developed from a minor desert caravan station into a leading trading center,[note 21][194] with Palmyrene merchants establishing colonies in surrounding trade centers. | WIKI |
Palmyrene trade reached its acme during the second century,[216] aided by two factors; the first was a trade route built by Palmyrenes,[18] and protected by garrisons at major locations, including a garrison in Dura-Europos manned in 117 AD. | WIKI |
[217] The second was the Roman conquest of the Nabataean capital Petra in 106,[48] shifting control over southern trade routes of the Arabian Peninsula from the Nabataeans to Palmyra. | WIKI |
The Severan-led Romanxe2x80x93Parthian War, from 194 to 217, influenced regional security and affected the city's trade. | WIKI |
The rise of the Sasanian Empire in Persia considerably damaged Palmyrene trade. | WIKI |
[153] The 4-hectare (9.9-acre) camp was a base for the Legio I Illyricorum,[153] which guarded the trade routes around the city. | WIKI |
[325] The Al Fadl clan protected the trade routes and villages from Bedouin raids,[326] raiding other cities and fighting among themselves. | WIKI |
[369][370] Roman provincial authority set and approved Palmyra's tariff structure,[371] but the provincial interference in local government was kept minimal as the empire sought to ensure the continuous success of Palmyrene trade most beneficial to Rome. | WIKI |
"[387] Palmyra's army protected the city and its economy, helping extend Palmyrene authority beyond the city walls and protecting the countryside's desert trade routes. | WIKI |
Palmyra's economy before and at the beginning of the Roman period was based on agriculture, pastoralism, and trade;[18] the city served as a rest station for the caravans which sporadically crossed the desert. | WIKI |
[194] By the end of the first century BC, the city had a mixed economy based on agriculture, pastoralism, taxation,[434][435] and, most importantly, the caravan trade. | WIKI |
If the Laghman II inscription in Afghanistan is referring to Palmyra, then the city's role in Central Asian overland trade was prominent as early as the third century BC. | WIKI |
The caravan trade depended on patrons and merchants. | WIKI |
[219] The primary income-generating trade good was silk, which was exported from the East to the West. | WIKI |