Factory

Rarity: Uncommon

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What Wikipedia says

Factory was the common name during the medieval and early modern eras for an entrepôt – which was an early form of free-trade zone or transshipment point. At a factory, local inhabitants could interact with foreign merchants, often known as factors.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Factory (trading post)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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