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: -In addition to fuel, forests were used for building materials. Lumber and other forest products consti-tuted a basic article of trade in the Mediterranean basin. There is no doubt that the ancients regarded forests as a valuable commercial advantage.

Detailed explanation-3: -The metals in regular use were gold, electrum, silver and bronze. Gold, always the most precious, was kept mainly for jewellery, anyhow till the mid fourth century when the Macedonian and then the other Hellenistic kingdoms made regular issues of gold coinage.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the most important crops produced in the country include grapes, olives, tobacco, and several types of grain including corn, wheat, and barley. Another major agricultural produce from Greece is cotton with the country being the sole producer of the agricultural item in the European Union.