Human caution will increase, but human trade will not diminish.

In the latter half of the 19th century, Veracruz's importance waned as trade to Europe diminished.

The trade through Tallinn and Tartu diminished significantly.

Beginning in 212, Palmyra's trade diminished as the Sassanids occupied the mouth of the Tigris and the Euphrates.

The trade diminished however and the farm was demolished in the 1960s, along with a 300 year old tithe barn, to make way for new bungalows.

A consequence of this, however, was that trade in Akodia diminished greatly, weakening the village and forcing many to leave.

When that lucrative trade diminished, most of the towns fell back on fishing and some industry until the 20th century when tourism became the major source of income.

Once trade diminished, Ryukyu faced the threat of invasion by Japan.

After the 1892 increase of the French minimum tariff which applied to Algeria for the first time, foreign trade greatly diminished.

However, trade rapidly diminished as the hydrogue war flared.