precious stones trade

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• PRECIOUS STONES AND JEWELRY — In the Bible Precious stones are mentioned in various contexts in the Bible, the most comprehensive list appearing in the description of the breastpiece worn by the high priest. The breastpiece was set with 12 precious stones arranged in four… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• TRADE AND COMMERCE — In the Bible The geopolitical location of Palestine, set as it is in the heart of the Fertile Crescent, made it a pivotal link in the commercial activities carried on by land and sea between, on the one hand, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• TRADE —    Mesopotamia’s primary source of wealth was surplusproducing agriculture; the geophysical conditions of the land made it singularly devoid of mineral or metal resources. Since mountainous regions to the north (Anatolia) and the east (Iran) were …   Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

• Trade in Maya civilization — Maya civiliz …   Wikipedia

• DIAMOND TRADE AND INDUSTRY — Jews have been prominent in the trade and in working of precious stones, of which diamonds and pearls provided the bulk, from the Middle Ages to the modern era. They took an active part in opening up the diamond markets of India and Brazil, the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement — The United States Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) (Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Colombia y Estados Unidos (TLC)), is a bilateral free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia. Sometimes called the Colombia Free Trade… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of international trade — The history of international trade chronicles notable events that have affected the trade between various countries. In the era before the rise of the nation state, the term international trade cannot be literally applied, but simply means trade… …   Wikipedia

• SLAVE TRADE — Jews engaged in the slave trade – although they never played a prominent role in it – from the early Middle Ages to the early modern period. While it was not proscribed to pagans, none of the three monotheistic religions either prohibited slavery …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Standard International Trade Classification —   A commonly used classification system for internationally traded goods and services. The system consists of 9 sections (numbered 0 through 9), each section is split into divisions, and the divisions are further split into groups. The acronym… …   International financial encyclopaedia

• World Trade Center — For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation). World Trade Center[1] …   Wikipedia

• Gemstone — Jewels redirects here. For other uses, see Jewels (disambiguation). Precious Stone redirects here. For the James Bond character, see Hurricane Gold. For other uses, see Gemstone (disambiguation). A selection of gemstone pebbles made by tumbling… …   Wikipedia