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The Ancient Greeks had become sea traders because of one of their dry seasons. The soil had dried up one season so to find food to trade and eat they had to resort to the ocean. They had really dry soil which is not good for farming. They had hot, dry summers and wet, windy winters that made most crops not suitable for growing. Luckily, they were on a peninsula so they has plenty of water surrounding them to fish for food. The geography of the area presented really nice harbors for the Greeks to use for their ships. They could use sea travel to get to other places to trade for the resources they didn't have, as sea travel was much easier than physical travel.

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The Greeks became sea traders because they had a nice big body of water next to their island that they tried to grow crops with but the soil and/or piece of land there was not able to provide the right stuff to grow the crops. Because of that they used that body of water to trade goods to get other goods.

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The Ancient Greeks became Sea Traders as they were forced to adapt to the challenging geography. There were many mountains and hills that made up 3/4 of the country. The land is not very fertile, but farmers herded goats and sheep on the rugged hillsides. The many mountains and hills fed the goats, sheep, and cattle with shrubs. The climate of Greece also was a challenge for early farmers. Summers were hot and dry, while the winters were wet and windy. This made the ancient Greeks have to plant crops that could adapt to the weather around the year. The Greeks went trading to other civilizations because they had resources such as olive oil, barley, and crafted wine.

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The geography of Greece caused the ancient Greeks to became sea traders because the mountains and hills did not provide fertile land for farming. That meant farmers weren't able to produce huge surpluses of crops. Since traveling across the rocky terrain was difficult, the Greeks had to depend on the sea for trading. Due to this, they became fishers, sailors, and merchants. Greece's location in the eastern Mediterranean, was the perfect location for trade. Greek saliors were very skilled and traveled very far to trade. In conclusion ancient Greek had to become sea traders because they had little fertile land to grow crops, and could not get the resources they needed.

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The Ancient Greeks became Sea Traders as they were forced to adapt to the challenging geography. There were many mountains and hills that made up 3/4 of the country. This made it very difficult to travel. Ancient Greek found themselves on a peninsula, a piece of land almost entirely surrounded by the sea, with a rocky  landscape and few natural resources. It was very difficult to harvest crops due to limited fertile soil that was very rocky and thin. Instead of growing their own crops they traded overseas for supplies. Due to the location of Greece in the eastern Mediterranean it was the perfect location. Greek sailors were highly skilled, they traveled as far as Egypt to trade their products. In conclusion the Ancient Greek were forced to become sea traders to get their crops and supplies.

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Around 600 BC a civilization was formed along the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and that civilization was ancient Greeks. In Greece, the were no great rivers carrying layers of fertile silt to make rich farmland. So they provided themselves from the river valley and that is how the ancient Greeks found themselves their peninsula. Mountains and hills cover nearly three-fourths of Greece and only Eastern Greece has more land for farming. As you can see Greece doesn't have enough space for farming so they don't have enough food. Because farming didn't make enough surpluses and traveling was hard the Greeks had to depend on the sea so they all became fishers, sailors, and merchants. In conclusion, the ancient Greeks became sea traders because of the troubles they had farming.

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In Greece, there are mountains and hills that make up nearly 3/4 of the country. The land is not very fertile, but farmers herd goats and sheep on the rugged hillsides. The many mountains and hills fed the goats, sheep, and cattle with shrubs. The climate of Greece also was a challenge for early farmers. Summers were hot and dry, while the winters were wet and windy. This made the ancient Greeks have to plant crops that could adapt to the weather around the year. Because the farming didn't produce huge surpluses and traveling across the terrain was difficult the Greeks depended on the sea a lot. That's how they became sea traders. They became sailors, fishers, and merchants and because of Greece's location in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was a perfect place for trading.

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Greece is very mountainous and hilly due to the rocky turf it is very challenging for farms to grow/harvest crops. So instead of farming their own crops they trade overseas for resources/supplies. Greece has its own peninsula "a piece of land almost entirely surrounded by the sea". Since the Greek people traded and sailed overseas they made places to dock their ships. These places are called harbors "sheltered places for ships". Mountains make travel hard in Greece, thin rocky soil makes it hard to grow crops. Also due to hot summers the rivers dry up, the east Mediterranean is a popular trading stop.

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How did the ancient Greeks become traders.

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How did the ancient Greeks become traders.

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Greeks started farming to an unpleasant supersize of limited fertile soil. This led to the farmers becoming fishers. Other countries around the Greeks and asked for trades. This went on for a while until it fishing and trading eventually became there food source and way to access deficient resources.

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How the people of Ancient Greece because sea traders

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How the people of Ancient Greece because sea traders

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At some point in time the greeks decided to they wanted to start farming. They were trying to grow barley, olives, wheat, and grapes. They also has some cattle, sheep, and goats on the mountion sides. But, because of the not very fertile land their crops didn't do too well and did not produce huge surpluses. So some of them decided to become fisher men and do some new things. And because of where Greece is located in the eastern mediterranean it was a really good place for trade. They were great at trading and traders form all over wanted to trade. They traded their things for greek olive oil, wine, and wool.

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Ancient Greece and how they became sea traders

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Ancient Greece and how they became sea traders

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In Ancient Greece, there was many hills and mountains causing it to be hard for the Greeks to travel on land. Also adding on that the land there was not very fertile, which made it difficult to farm. Though the farmers herded the goats and sheep, and they were on a peninsula so they depended on the sea. They became sailors, fishers, and they were very skilled. They traveled as far as ancient Egypt to trade their products that they found, even though the climate was difficult to work with they were able to stay as sea traders. Thank you for reading!

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Greeks began in 600 B.C. They always grew Wheat, Barley, Olives, and Grapes seasonal. There were many mountains that made it hard for traveling. Farming was a huge part of the greeks. Although because far,ing didn't produce huge surpluses, the Greeks came to depend on the sea to trade.
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Greece influenced the ancient Greeks to become sea traders because The Greeks sailors were skilled and traveled as far to ancient Egypt to trade their goods and products. Ancient Greeks harvested wheat, barley, olives, and grapes. Greece's location was perfect for trade. The climate of Greece was also presented as a challenge for early farmers. Summers were hot and dry, and winters were wet and windy. The climate made it hard to trade because it was mountainous, rocky, and hilly.

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The Mountains made it hard for soil, so farmers had goats and sheep. They also traded, and then they had hot summers and wet winters. People that lived there had the rivers dry up in the summer and flooding in the winters. Then people had the water as a trade route and people were highly trained sailors, fisher men, and merchants.

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The ancient Greeks became sea traders because of the geography of the land. The soil was not very fertile and the harsh conditions in the summer and winter made it difficult for early farmers to grow crops. The land consisted of mostly mountains which made it hard for those to travel across land and meant less room to grow food. Although they were surrounded by water, meaning they had easy access to the sea. They then became sea traders so they could get enough food to live.

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Greeks started farming once they had rich and fertile soil and started growing crops. The Greeks also started raising farm animals so they can use them for food. They grew crops such as wheat and barley, and olives and grapes were harvested. They became fishers, sailors, and merchant because farming didn't produce huge surpluses.

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Greeks chose to farm. They liked to grow Wheat, Barley, Olives. Their soil started to go dry tho after a couple months. Most of these farm lands were on the peninsula Attica. Attica also has excellent harbors. All of the hills and mountains also provided a lot of cattle, goats, and sheep. Farming didnt produce enough supluss, and travel.
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The geography of ancient Greeks influenced the Greeks to become sea traders because the Greeks did not have a lot of fertile soil to grow their crops so they were forced to go to sea. The ancient Greeks had plenty of valuable items so they would normally trade their items for even better items. The Greeks grew wheat barley olives and grapes but since the land was not rich in soil they had to switch to going to the sea. A couple days later the Greeks moved to sea trading and they were very skilled at it so they switched to sea trading. So the Greeks had to move to sea trading because they were skilled and, the land was not rich in soil or not very fertile.

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Since there land what 3/4 mountains, they didn't have very good soil for farming, although they did have some soil it wasn't enough to live of of so they had to resort to trading. The mountains also made it very hard to travel. There climate also didn't help with crops so they could only grow things that would produce well in that climate. They did have one thing going for them, They had some rare(ish) things to trade with.

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The geography of Greece forced the Greeks to have to adapt to their environment. They didn't have a great river for silt. With 3/4 of Greece covered by mountains it was hard for travel. Eastern Greece had fertile soil but they had great harbors.

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Ancient Greece.                     By Spencer 

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Ancient Greece.                     By Spencer 

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The rocky terrain of Greece made it hard to grow crops. They had herds of cows and sheep and the side of hills. Also they had no silt or soil. So they had to trade but the terrain of Greece made it really challenging to do so. So they had to take to sea and they became skilled sailors and were able to trade. They were usually on the eastern side of Greece to trade. In conclusion they had to become sailors to get their crops.

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The Ancient Greeks had become Sea Traders due to the challenging geography. There were many mountains which had made travelling a difficult task. They had really rocky and thin soil that was not very suitable for farming. They had hot, dry summers and wet, windy winters that made most crops not suitable for growing. Luckily, they were on a peninsula so they had lots of water to fish for food. The geography of the area presented really nice harbors for the Greeks to use for their ships. They could use sea travel to get to other places to trade for the resources they didn't have, as sea travel was much easier than physical travel.

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The Ancient Greece became sea traders due to the difficulty to deal with geography. The farm land was not fertile and was rocky and thin so it was troubling. There were so many mountains and the climate was ether to cold or warm so they had to use plants and animals that could live in this environment. Due to the fact that the animals and plants not being enough for food Ancient Greece had no choice but to turn to the ocean.

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The greeks became sea traders because they had good recources other civilaztiones didnt have but wanted and the greeks already traveled in the sea because of all the mountains so it would be convient

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One day, greeks decided to start farming. They then started growing Wheat, Barley, Olives, and Grapes were grown in the spring. Skip to a couple months, the crops were grown pretty well, but the soil started to become dry. Those farmers didn't produce huge surpluses, leaving them with the option to become fishers, sailors, and merchants. Since Greece's location was in the eastern Mediterranean, it was a wonderful place to start training. The Greek sailors were very good and skilled at trading, and they traveled very far to anciet Egypt to trade products with them.

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The Greeks went trading to other civilizations because they had rare(ish) resources such as olive oil, barley, and most importantly... wine. Another reason they traded was because they didn't make too much food so they traded for resources with other merchants. The ancient Greeks traveled by boat mostly because of the mountainous and hard to navigate geography.