The land was generally poor, so to gain food security, trade was used to buy external sources of food.
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Hermes
it led to the development of the greek alphabet
It had limited land and sustained itself with trade with the Greek cities in Asia Minor, the Black Sea and Sicily. It founded the cities of Byzantium and Chalcedon in the east and Megara Hyblaea in Sicily.
Citizen
They had the means and people wanted their products. It was a way to make money and get things they didn't have.
Athens (smart, sporty, perfect) Megara (all about money) Sparta (TOTAL SPORT FREAKS lol) Corinth (crafts) Argos (acting and drama)
The land was generally poor, so to gain food security, trade was used to buy external sources of food.
citystates
citystates
Athens-Athletic, academic, perfect Corinth-Crafts, arts, etc Sparta-Sports Megara-Money, money, money Argos-Acting, drama, etc
With limited land the needed to augment their local resources, and for variety of products - foodstuffs, minerals, manufactures, artworks.
To gain land for farming
Athens and Sparta .
Sumerian citystates were originally theocracies.
because the greek would trade with countries like Iran and Germany to get grain and Greece would trade goods that they had