The cave of Mammon is the home of Mammon, the money god, who stores in his cave all of the wealth and all of the honor that human beings spend so much energy striving for.

贪欲之神的洞穴是他的住所，这位掌管钱财的神在他的洞里藏着,人类耗费大量精力想要求得的,所有财富和荣誉。

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Fortunes will begin to be made in the textile industry and in the railroad industry by the '40s and '50s, and in a host of other ways, real fortunes.

在40 50年代的时候,纺织业和铁路工业将会制造大量的财富,另一些方面,真正的机遇

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So control of these international highways brought a great deal of wealth to the area, but the central location was a double-edged sword, because in times of peace it would bring prosperity, but, of course, in times of war the land was perpetually invaded as armies would crisscross the land going off to do battle with the great powers.

对这些国际要道的控制,给这个地区带来了大量的财富，但这处于中心的地理位置也如同一把双刃剑，因为在和平时期它带来繁荣，但，在战乱时期，这块土地常常被侵略,当军队在此刀刃相交,或者经过与强国征战。

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