What enabled this growth was Great Zimbabwe's influential role in an intercontinental trade network.

促成这种增长的是大津巴布韦在洲际贸易网络中发挥的重要作用。

Timbuktu's wealth and power developed because the city became a hub of lucrative intercontinental trade routes.

廷巴克图的财富和权力得到发展，因为这座城市成为了利润丰厚的洲际贸易路线的枢纽。