The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely by the region's dependence on imported goods. As a result of the poor quality of Greece's soil, agricultural...
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Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th...
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Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity. Most Greek language agricultural texts...
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The economy of Greece is the 52nd largest in the world, with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $252.732 billion per annum. In terms of purchasing...
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The Ancient Economy is an influential book about the economic system of classical antiquity written by the classicist Moses I. Finley. It was originally...
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durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded...
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Animals had a variety of roles and functions in ancient Greece and Rome. Fish and birds were served as food. Species such as donkeys and horses served...
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overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece: Ancient Greece – Towns of ancient Greece List of ancient Greek cities Regions of ancient Greece Peloponnese...
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Ancient Greek crafts (or the craftsmanship in Ancient Greece) was an important but largely undervalued, economic activity. It involved all activities of...
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determining the size and structure of the economy of Ancient Greece and the Roman economy. From around 800 BC, Greek city-states began colonizing the Mediterranean...
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Agora of Athens Ancient Corinth Ancient Elis Ancient Greece Ancient Greece–Ancient India relations Ancient Greece and wine Ancient Greek Ancient Greek accent...
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Ateleia (Attic Greek: ἀτέλεια; privative a + τέλος telos (tax); see also philately) in ancient Greece was a general immunity (ἄδεια adeia) or exemption...
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liturgy (Greek: λειτουργία or λῃτουργία, leitourgia, from λαός / Laos, "the people" and the root ἔργο / ergon, "work" ) was in ancient Greece a public...
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2663 The Agora of the Competaliasts (Greek: Αγορά των Κομπεταλιαστών) is an ancient Greek archaeological site on the island of Delos, Greece, which dates...
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Moria (tree) (category Economy of ancient Greece)
In ancient Greece, the moriai (plural of moria) were olive trees considered to be the property of the state because of their religious significance. From...
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The banker of ancient times was employed within financial activities, during the ancient Mesopotamian, ancient Greek and ancient Roman periods. While...
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Haliacmon and lower Axios in the northeastern part of mainland Greece. Essentially an ancient Greek people, they gradually expanded from their homeland...
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Agora (redirect from Agora (Greek))
agora (/ˈæɡərə/; Ancient Greek: ἀγορά, romanized: agorá, meaning "market" in Modern Greek) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. It...
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The study of the economies of the ancient city-state of Rome and its empire during the Republican and Imperial periods remains highly speculative. There...
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of ancient Greece – Ancient Greek society Cuisine of Ancient Greece – Economy of Ancient Greece – Law in Ancient Greece – Pederasty in ancient Greece...
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Attic talent (category Economy of ancient Greece)
talent (a talent of the Attic standard), also known as the Athenian talent or Greek talent (Greek: τάλαντον, talanton), is an ancient unit of weight equal...
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the ancient Greeks include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam...
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Auctions in ancient Greece were events in which goods were sold through an open bidding process. Participants competed by offering higher bids, with the...
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sculpture of ancient Greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient Greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient Greek pottery, almost no ancient Greek...
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of family economy in the country". The influence of Babylonian and Persian thought on Greek administrative economics is present in the work of Greek historian...
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a timeline of ancient Greece from its emergence around 800 BC to its subjection to the Roman Empire in 146 BC. For earlier times, see Greek Dark Ages,...
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Agyrrhius (category Economy of ancient Greece)
Agyrrhius/Agyrrhios (Ancient Greek: Ἀγύρριος) of the deme Collytus in Attica, was an Athenian politician in the final years of the 5th and early years of the 4th century...
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period, of the 8th century BCE to the 4th century BCE is conventionally termed as 'Ancient Greece'. The main issues concerning the ancient Greek economy are...
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Oeconomicus (category Economy of ancient Greece)
Tfd›Greek: Οἰκονομικός) by Xenophon is a Socratic dialogue principally about household management and agriculture. Oeconomicus comes from the Ancient Greek...
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Athens, in Greece. The mines are best known for producing silver, but they were also a source of copper and lead. A number of remnants of these mines...
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