WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The colonies affected trade and industry in the Greek world by allowing the colonies to trade with their “parent” cities on the Greek mainland. As the greeks began to make coins from metal, their trade expanded as merchants traded money for goods rather than bartered for goods.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first major trade partners were the cultures of southern Italy and Sicily, which are right next to Greece and had very close cultural and economic ties to several Greek city-states. From there, the Greeks expanded and started trading with the people in Egypt, Carthage, Ethiopia, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Detailed explanation-3: -Trade. Greece’s main exports were olive oil, wine, pottery, and metalwork. Imports included grains and pork from Sicily, Arabia, Egypt, Ancient Carthage, and the Bosporan Kingdom.

Detailed explanation-4: -But Athens was near the sea, and it had a good harbor, so Athenians traded with other city-states and some foreign lands to get the goods and natural resources they needed. They acquired wood from Italy and grain from Egypt. In exchange, Athenians traded honey, olive oil, silver, and beautifully painted pottery.