Life in a Greek Trading Port |
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| Author:
| Shuter, Jane |
| Series title: | Picture the Past Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-431-04301-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Much of Greece is covered by mountains. This made it hard to travel around by land in ancient times. But Greece is also surrounded by sea on three sides, and has many islands around the mainland. So the sea was always important to the ancient Greeks. They travelled by sea as much as they could. This meant they needed harbours to land in. Some of these harbours grew into ports - places where ships came from all over ancient Greece. Ports were especially useful to traders, because they...
More DescriptionMuch of Greece is covered by mountains. This made it hard to travel around by land in ancient times. But Greece is also surrounded by sea on three sides, and has many islands around the mainland. So the sea was always important to the ancient Greeks. They travelled by sea as much as they could. This meant they needed harbours to land in. Some of these harbours grew into ports - places where ships came from all over ancient Greece. Ports were especially useful to traders, because they could meet there to trade.