Their monopoly over the spice trade became complete after they drove the Portuguese from Malacca in 1641 and Ceylon in 1658.

Their cultural integration with the emirates of the Persian Gulf formed a network of tribal and trade relationships stronger than the tie to Ottoman Iraq.

Their goals were to explore the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade and U. S. sovereignty over the native peoples along the River Missouri.

There were other effects as well: Their trade with the interior was interrupted.

Their importance for trade with the Slavic world however was limited to the coastal regions and their hinterlands.

Their major revenues came from the trade between Tibet and India and from land taxes.

Their wealth and influence initially derived from the textile trade guided by the guild of the Arte della Lana.

Their main goal was to dominate the trade with India.

Their travels abroad on behalf of the United Kingdom ( called State Visits when the sovereign officially meets with other heads of state ) draw celebrity-like attention to amicable relations within and between the Commonwealth and other nations, to British goods and trade, and to Britain as a historical, vacation, and tourist destination.

Their distribution is roughly as follows: European trade federations ( 32 %), consultants ( 20 %), companies ( 13 %), NGOs ( 11 %), national associations ( 10 %), regional representations ( 6 %), international organizations ( 5 %) and think tanks ( 1 %), ( Lehmann, 2003, pp iii ).

Their strength and ferocity coincided with the impending trade growth of the maritime silk and spice routes.

Their traditional economy is based on agriculture and trade.

Their trade and diplomatic ties extended all the way to China and its Song Dynasty, which eventually determined the economic course of Egypt during the High Middle Ages.

Their wealth of the states came from controlling the Trans-Saharan trade routes across the desert, especially the slave trade with the Islamic world.

Their attempt to register the word " solicitor " as their trade mark in Japan, however, was thwarted by the Japanese Trade Mark Office rejecting the application on the basis that the word was generic.

Their main aim was to harvest trepang ( sea cucumber ), turtle shell, pearls and other prized items to trade in their homeland.

Their relations, however, allowed the establishment of trade with the Plymouth colonists as far west as the Narragansett Bay, if not with the Narragansett nation itself.

Their initiative for left-wing cooperation was supported by an open letter from influential members of trade unions ( such as Paul Rosenmöller and Karin Adelmund ), of environmental movements ( e. g., Jacqueline Cramer ) and from arts ( such as Rudi van Dantzig ).

Their overall gentle nature and their inclination and ability to mimic speech have made them popular pets, which has led many to be captured from the wild and sold into the pet trade.

Their goal was to force colonial development into lines favourable to England, and stop direct colonial trade with the Netherlands, France and other European countries.

Their mission was to conquer Socotra and build a fortress there, hoping to close the trade in the Red Sea.

Their governments had a serious disagreement on the question of British trade with Cuba.

Their fur is popular in the fur trade due to its extremely soft feel, which is caused by the sprouting of 60 hairs from each hair follicle, on average.

Their work was lonely.

Their skin was covered with a thin coating of sweat and dirt which had almost the consistency of a second skin.

Their writings assume more than dramatic or patriotic interest because of their conviction that the struggle in which they were involved was neither selfish nor parochial but, rather, as Washington in his last wartime circular reminded his fellow countrymen, that `` with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved ''.

Their social status was achieved in some cases by birth, as with Washington, Jefferson and Jay ; ;

Their policy ran counter to the traditional idea that a good fighter was usually a libertine, and that in sex affairs `` God-given passion '' was a proof of manliness.

Their answer was: it can be done, and we will do it.

Their only hope of survival was to hold to the road and keep marching.

Their house was a centuries-old Colonial which they had had restored ( guided by an eminent architect ) and updated, and added on to.

Their world, again, was a still simple, traditional age which was only slowly beginning to appreciate the complexity of life.

Their study showed that it was possible to transfer 3 to 4 lb of oxygen / hr. / hp.

Their onrush and retreat, he reported, was accompanied by a great hissing, roaring and rattling.

`` Their house '', writes Albert S. Flint, `` was always a haven of hospitality and good cheer, especially grateful to one like myself far from home ''.

Their territory lay to the north, near the sources of the Alabama, the Tombigbee, the Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers, and was easily accessible to traders among the near-by Cherokees.

Their joint statement was welcomed by the Western delegations who will attend tomorrow the nineteenth plenary session of the fourteen-nation conference on the future of Laos.

Their flight was delayed, Dunn said, when a boarding ramp inflicted some minor damage to the wing of the plane.

Their singing was well-balanced, clear and, within obvious limitations, extremely pleasing.

Their collaboration in the Beethoven Second Symphony was lucid, intelligent and natural sounding.

Their strategy was sound enough and, he reasoned, had been defeated only by Philip Spencer's unwillingness to sanction an idea he had not originated.

Their robust Calvinism was publicized in such confessions as the London Baptist Confession of 1644 and the Second London Confession of 1689.

Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.

Their second was Louisa May, who fictionalized her experience with the family in her novel Little Women in 1868.

Their goal was to regain access to Eden by finding the correct formula for perfect living, following specific rules governing agriculture, diet, and reproduction.

Their most famous battle against Rome took place in Argentoratum ( Strasbourg ), in 357, where they were defeated by Julian, later Emperor of Rome, and their king Chnodomarius was taken prisoner to Rome.