HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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to gain better access to agricultural good due to their own lack of fertile farmland
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to exchange religious and cultural ideas
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to trade their surplus goods for camels
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to strengthen political and cultural ties
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Detailed explanation-1: -The lack of suitable farmland forced Greeks to trade with others.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Athenian economy was based on trade. The land around Athens did not provide enough food for all the city’s people. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wheat and barley were grown, and olives and grapes were harvested. The many hills and mountains provided shrubs to feed the herds of sheep, goats, and cattle. Because farming didn’t produce huge surpluses, and travel across the terrain was difficult, the Greeks came to depend on the sea.
Detailed explanation-4: -Greek city-states likely developed because of the physical geography of the Mediterranean region. The landscape features rocky, mountainous land and many islands. These physical barriers caused population centers to be relatively isolated from each other.
Detailed explanation-5: -Greek city-states created new colonies around the Mediterranean as a way to deal with over-population and to find new resources such as timber and metals. Many colonies began as trading posts with indigenous peoples.