You have merchants and traders who are handling the commerce on the trade routes and enjoying broader cultural contacts.

这里有商人和交易员，他们负责贸易商业,在通商道路上，并且进行广泛的文化交流。

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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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