9 sentences with 'networks'
Example sentences and phrases with the word networks and other words derived from it.
• « Perhaps most importantly, Islamic kingdoms and empires were part of the networks of trade, scholarship and exchange that linked the entire Mediterranean region. Thus, despite the fervour of European crusaders, it would be deeply misleading to separate Islamic states and cultures from the rest of Western civilisation. »
• « It was an important centre of long-distance trade, with its trade networks extending throughout the Middle East and as far as the Indus River valley of India, with traders relying on donkey caravans and the use of wheeled chariots. »
• « The Bronze Age was a period when long-distance trade networks and diplomatic exchanges between states became permanent aspects of political, economic and cultural life in the Eastern Mediterranean region. »
• « For approximately 100 years, from 1200 BC to 1100 BC, the networks of trade and diplomacy discussed above were disrupted or completely destroyed. »
• « Bronze depended on functioning trade networks: tin was only available in large quantities in the mines of what is now Afghanistan, so the collapse of long-distance trade made the manufacture of bronze impossible. »
• « Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientelism. Clientelism consisted of networks of 'patrons' - people with power and influence - and their 'clients' - those who sought the patron's support. »
• « The elite families of the nobles, through their networks of clients, made all the important decisions. Beneath this group were the equites: families who did not have the ancient lineages of the patricians and who did not normally hold public office. »
• « Thanks to the resilience of its people, the prosperity of its trade networks and the leadership of its emperors (the effective ones, anyway), Byzantium remained a major state and culture for centuries despite its prolonged decline in power since the days of Justinian. »