Trading in Greece

1. Greek colonies relied on trading

1.1. Greeks needed for trade to get goods that they needed

1.2. Some people didn't need to trade because they were rich

2. Travelling for trading

2.1. People used boats to sail and trade with other countries

2.1.1. Merchants owned most of the goods on the ship

2.1.2. Merchants Boats were different from other boats

2.1.2.1. made out of wood

2.1.2.2. rectangular cloth sails

2.1.2.3. Not built for speed, for cargo

2.1.2.3.1. Merchant ships are very slow

2.1.3. Navigating

2.1.3.1. Navigating was dangeroues

2.1.3.1.1. no compass and charts

2.1.3.1.2. No lighthouses for dangerous coastlines

3. Things Greeks traded

3.1. Greeks traded

3.1.1. Olives

3.1.2. olive oil

3.1.3. pottery

3.2. Greeks got

3.2.1. timber

3.2.2. grain

3.2.3. metal

4. Where Greeks traded

4.1. Greeks traded in city states

4.2. Greeks also traded in the wider mediterranean reigon

4.3. Greeks also traded with other greek colonies