Assertion: merchant | /r/CapableOf | import good
Facets:
value: over very long distances
type: OTHER
value: over vast distances
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: referred to merchants who operated on a global stage, importing and exporting goods over vast distances and offering added-value services such as credit and finance.
text: referred to merchants who operated on a global stage, importing and exporting goods over vast distances and offering added-value services such as credit and finance.
text: Following the opening of Asia to European trade and the discovery of the New World, merchants imported goods over very long distances: calico cloth from India, porcelain, silk and tea from China, spices from India and South-East Asia and tobacco, sugar, rum and coffee from the New World.