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here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by the Trojan War.

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which was won by some guys who were basically really good at playing hide [title page]

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and seek. artifacts revealed at the main two goods exported by the early ancient

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Greeks were what? [mumbling ]well

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although we do have written accounts of life in ancient Greece such as Homer's

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The Iliad, most of our knowledge of their trade practices come through the

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discovery of archaeological artifacts. and from the diary of some guy named Privyssyeus.

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we totally disregarded that keep out warning on the cover. okay

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let's look at each possible entry see what's shakin. while linen cloth and dyes

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were in high demand in Greece, those items were mostly imported due to low [man smiles sitting behind a stack of towels and a plate of dye]

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supply of materials and manufacturing capabilities. imported but not

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important. not for us anyway so we get rid of a. how that option b? well when it

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came to raising food such as wheat and cattle demand also outstripped supply.

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wheat doesn't grow well in Greece's climate and rocky soil and there isn't a

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lot of grassland available for grazing. rules which led to those commodities

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being largely imported as well. next up is d bronze weapon and tools well Greeks

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use them Greeks love them but Greeks didn't make. them and for the most part.

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again natural resource wise bronze wasn't exactly growing on trees in the

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Greek homeland. huh? that leaves us with option C olive oil and wine. yeah baby.

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though it was hard to raise cotton wheat and cattle in Greece but grapes and

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olives totally grow well there. also the ancient Greeks were great pottery

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makers and pots are perfect containers for exporting olive oil and wine to [clay pot pictured]

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their neighbors. many Greek shipwrecks containing thousands of pottery

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containers known as amphora have been discovered with some of the olive oil

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and wine still in them proving they were being exported to other countries. also

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many shipwrecks from neighboring countries have been discovered with

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empty amphora indicating they were heading back to Greece.

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Apparently these guys had unlimited refills. [Jack sparrow stands on a beach]

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