NOUN
- a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
- a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels
How To Use trade route In A Sentence
- The road has been an important trade route since prehistoric times.
- Burma also represented a possible overland trade route to China.
- The sloop HMS Gannet protected British trade routes and did anti-slavery patrol in the 19th century.
- Sheki is also known for its huge caravanserais of which it once had five, a time when local silk was a valued commodity on Caucasian trade routes.
- The road has been an important trade route since prehistoric times.
- A well-documented and supported theory for the decline of the Maya central lowlands is the deterioration of trade routes. The Ancient Maya - A Commercial Empire
- Its latest military offensive against rebel forces is aimed at re-opening important trade routes.
- Built at the crossroads of an ancient Middle-Eastern trade route, it was ruled by the Syrian queen Zenobia, who dared to defy Rome, resulting in the sacking of the city in AD 273.
- The archaeological finds of pottery enable us to establish trade routes and transactions between various towns and regions.
- Active Endeavour is the name given to the policing of maritime trade routes as part of the global war against terrorism.