Assertion: periphery | /r/CapableOf | become important
Facets:
value: crucially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Through their positions within the world trade system, semi-peripheries in the Middle East became crucially important in connecting the cities of Chinese and Indian cores with the fledgling cities of Europe, as well as serving as key points between other, more major core cities in the region, such as Baghdad, Cairo, and Aden.