HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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making computers, drawing pictures, and saving rocks
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building roads, farming, and trading
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farming on hillside, trading across the Med. Sea, and building ships
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making kites, making silk, and making fireworks
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and founding new independent cities at coastal sites across the Mediterranean Sea.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Greeks farmed a variety of crops and animals for food, including wheat, barley, olives, grapes, fruit trees, and vegetables. They mainly farmed to feed their own families. One main farming method they used was crop rotation, which is cycling a few crops on the same field to restore nutrients.
Detailed explanation-3: -In major Greek cities, people could buy wheat and slaves from Egypt. Slaves were people who were captured, bought and sold. The Greeks also bought textiles, spices and papyrus.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The region of the Mediterranean where the Greeks first settled is called the Aegean Sea. Greek city-states formed all along the Aegean coastline and on the many islands in the Aegean Sea. The people of Greece used the Aegean to travel from city to city. The Aegean also provided fish for the people to eat.