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Marketplace Wikipedia One anecdote from the time of Empress Wu relates the tale of a fourth rank official who missed out on the opportunity for promotion after he was seen purchasing a steamed pancake from a market. The earliest written references to markets dates to the time of Qi Huanggong . Qi's Prime Minister, the great reformer, Guan Zhong, divided the capital into 21 districts of which three were dedicated to farmers, three to hand-workers and three to businessmen, who were instructed to settle near the markets. Some of these early markets have been the subject of archaeological surveys. A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a souk , bazaar , a fixed mercado , or itinerant tianguis , or palengke . Some markets operate daily and are said to be permanent markets while others are held once a week or on le