8 sentences with 'mercantile'
Example sentences and phrases with the word mercantile and other words derived from it.
• « Egyptian scribes recorded everything from tax records, to mercantile transactions, to sacred prayers for the dead on the walls of the tombs of kings and nobles. »
• « Soon, the Greeks began to record not only taxes and mercantile transactions, but also their own literature, poetry and drama. »
• « Along with the trade itself, it was in Italy that key mercantile practices first emerged in Europe. »
• « Much of northern Italy's prosperity was based on the commercial ties (not just mercantile practices) that Italy maintained with the Middle East, which in the 14th century meant both the remnants of the Byzantine Empire in Constantinople and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the emerging power in the east. »
• « One result of the prosperity generated by Italian mercantile success was the emergence of a conspicuous consumer culture. »
• « One of the main motivations for European explorers was the search for direct access to luxury goods that bypassed the Eastern mercantile networks that had traditionally benefited from the long-distance trade routes between East and West. »
• « There, a mercantile middle class became more important than ever, while Spain remained tied to its old agricultural and gold-based economic system. »
• « The seizure of Bengal began the slow advance of British power: tax revenues supplemented mercantile income, allowing the British to hire tens of thousands of sepoys (Indian mercenaries), who were armed with modern European weapons. »