WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Trading stations played an important role as the furthest outposts of Greek culture. Here, Greek goods, such as pottery (2009.529), bronzes, silver and gold vessels, olive oil, wine, and textiles, were exchanged for luxury items and exotic raw materials that were in turn worked by Greek craftsmen.

Detailed explanation-3: -There corn (maize), wheat, barley, sugar beets, peaches, tomatoes, cotton (of which Greece is the only EU producer), and tobacco are grown. Other crops grown in considerable quantities are olives (for olive oil), grapes, melons, potatoes, and oranges, all of which are exported to other EU countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -1.2 million tons of maize; 1 million tons of olive (5th largest producer in the world, behind Spain, Italy, Morocco and Turkey); 1 million tons of wheat; 968 thousand tons of peach (3rd largest producer in the world, behind China and Italy); More items