Well, Miletus was on the main routes to all of the places where advanced knowledge could be found, Mesopotamia, Egypt.

米利都地处所有先进知识传播的主干道,通向美索不达米亚和埃及

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but the people who suffered most from the damage in the lowland areas in the city who happen to be people in color have nothing to do with the decisions made on these wetlands.

但在这场灾难中,生活在城市低地处的人们,遭受了最为严重的损失,而这群人又恰好是,对湿地有关决策,无从置喙的有色人种。

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What we find is that the states who are doing most of the colonizing are located where most of the trade was going on at this point in history, and also most of the manufacturing.

我们发现,殖民行为最多的地区,地处当时贸易最频繁的区域,同时,那里也是制造业最发达的地方

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