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The Greeks became sea traders because farming didn't produce a lot of food, and traveling across the land was difficult. The Greeks decided to depend on the sea for food. Greese's location in the eastern Mediterranean was perfect for trading. They could go far to trade and it would be easier to travel on the sea.

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Why did the Ancient Greeks become Sea Traders

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Why did the Ancient Greeks become Sea Traders

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The Greeks became Sea Traders because of their weather. The Greeks lived in a very mountainous area and there wasnt a lot of space to move around and since the weather was hot and dry in the summer and cold and wet in the winter they didnt grow a lot of good or get a lot of sources they needed. Since they werent growing a lot of crops they needed another source to grow their crops at so they moved over to water. In doing so using the water as a main source they started to grow more food. I think if the Greeks had a better source to start with they would have grown more food as well as they would have had more space to move around.

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The Greeks became sea traders because of their climate conditions. Because the climate there was so mountainous, it was hard to grow crops. The wet and windy winters, and the hot and dry summers didn't make things better either. With the climate and landscape issues, farming didn't create surpluses. With this, the Greeks needed another place to get their necessities from, so they turned to water. The Greeks were in such a convenient place for trading overseas, so they took advantage of that. Another reason I think environment issues caused the Greek's overseas trade is, if the Greeks had very fertile soil, warm summers and calm winters, they would have so much food that they wouldn't need to trade overseas for crops.

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Greece started in 600BC as a rocky land and becuase of the hills and moutains there they can not grow what we grow here. So what they do is they became sea traders the sea was really dicey so what they had to do was become skilled seasmen to sail the sea there.They grow Barley and Wheat and Greeks relied on the sea travel. The animals had too be raised becasue of the tepature change and climate there.

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Ancient Greece had infertile soil that only grew few crops like olives, grapes, and wheat. The mountainous terrain was perfect for raising sheep, and they could fish in the Medditeranean sea. They needed to trade, but they could not trade on land. Greece is located on the eastern end of the Meditteranean Sea, which was perfect for trading as far as ancient Egypt. The olive oil, wool, and wine from Anceint Greece was prized to the other traders. The Greek sailors became highly skilled, and becuase of their geography they thrived as a civilization. -Katherine Waddell

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The Greeks became sea traders because farming didn't produce a lot of food, and traveling across the land was difficult. The Greeks decided to depend on the sea for food. Greese's location in the eastern Mediterranean was perfect for trading. They could go far to trade and it would be easier to travel on the sea.

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Greece being mostly covered by mountains and hills made it difficult to farm so they could only grow a limited amount of crops. The only crops they were able to grow were olives, grapes, barley, and wheat. They became sea traders because their area was perfect for it. Therefore, the Greeks had to become sea traders to get resources that they couldn't have because of their geography.

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The geography of Greece influenced the ancient Greeks to become sea traders because of the mountains and limited amount of land. The ancient Greeks did not have surpluses, so they had to rely on the sea for trading. Summers were hot and dry while winters were wet and windy, which was not the best for growing crops. They also could not travel easily over all of the mountains and land, making it harder to trade, which is another reason they had to become sea traders. The Greeks traveled on water rather than land to trade. This is how the geography of ancient Greece influenced the Greeks to become sea traders.

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The geography of Greece influenced the Greeks to become sea traders because the terrain was mostly mountainous, so it was hard to travel around. The Greeks also traded fish, olives, and olive oil because other crops could not adapt to the climate, where the summers were hot and dry and the winters were wet and windy. They had to become very skilled sailors because they are surrounded by water. That is how the ancient Greeks got influenced to become sea traders.

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The Greeks rely on the sea for food,trade, and travel.  The mountains and dry soil prevented the Greeks from growing crops in many areas. The Greeks traded olive oil, and pottery. The Greeks used olive oil in food, drank it, and bathed in it. The Greeks fished for food, ate olives, and traded fish.

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Since 3/4 of Greece is covered in mountains and hills, it causes trouble with farming because if you have a lot of mountains or hills, the land doesn't have lots of fertility. Also, the western side of Greece doesn't have much area for fishing. Since Greece has 3 sides of water around them, a peninsula, it may be much easier to fish. Greece's location is in the eastern Mediterranean, it was perfect for trading. Greek sailors were highly skilled, and traveled as far as ancient Egypt to trade products. Greeks began to rely on the sea and soon enough, they became sailors, merchants, and fishers. As you can see here, this is how the geography of Greece influenced the ancient Greeks to become sea traders.

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The geography of Greece affected how they live because of the many mountains they're area had. These mountains affected how they traveled, because of the tall rocky terrain. Their soil was also not very fertile it most places, but in the few places it did allow you to grow and breed Wheat, Barley, Olives, Grapes, Sheep, Goats, and cattle. This did not allow a huge surplus of food, making them go to the sea to trade with traders from other Mediterranean cultures to get the resources they needed. They traded their olive oil, wool, and wine. Most traders were eager to trade for olive oil as it added flavor to food, was used as lamp fuel, and body lotion.

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The Greeks had fertile land and they had lots of mountainous areas which made them not be able to grow many crops.They were only able to grow wheat, barley, olives, and grapes. They had to become sea traders. They were able to do this because of their location next to the Mediterranean sea. This is how Greeks were forced to become sea traders.

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The  main reason the Greeks became sea traders is because the summers were very hot, this dried up the soil making it infertile. However there was one crop that was well suited to the environment. This was the olive, they could be used as olive oil and lamp fuel making it highly prized to other civilizations. the Greeks were also very skilled sailors being that they are surrounded by water. Since the Greeks could not grow their own crops they then began trading the olive oil for others crops. This is how the ancient Greeks became sea traders.

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The geography of Greece made people sea traders because resourses were scarse. Terrain was hard to traverse which is why people stayed close to the water. There were many natural harbors. They commonly traded olive oil as that was common for them to find. This is why Greek were usally sea traders

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The ancient Greeks had to become sea traders because they didn't have fertile land because of all the mountains. Since the western side didn't have much area for fishing and trading most of that happened on the east side because it is flatter than the west. So after the sea trading started on the east it eventually made it's way all over Greece. That is the short paragraph of how the Greeks became sea traders.

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The Ancient Greeks became sea traders because of where they lived. Where they lived didn't have good fertile soil for farming so they couldn't rely on that. They had to go to trade to be able to keep themselves alive, they traded olive oil and more for food and things they needed to survive.

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Due to the high and numerous mountains of the Greek peninsula, the soil was terrible and only good for growing olives. Being able to sustain and grow cities was based on having food, and the Greeks had very little. So they looked to the sea and to their neighbors for food. Going back to the olives from earlier, it turns out that their neighbors couldn't grow olives very easily and so the Greeks traded olives and olive oil for food. This is why the Greeks became prolific traders.

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Ancient Greeks are thought to have been in Greece since 600 B.C.. They have survived on a peninsula surrounded by thousands of islands. The mountains were excellent for herding animals such as sheep and goats. They have made several innovations in mathematics and philosophy. They have gathered resources such as olives, wool, and wine. Their abundant olives made olive oil their best and most sought after trade.

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The Greeks became see traders because of the fact that where they lived, there was limited fertile for farming. It was also very mountainious. In the text it says, Because farming didn;t produce a huge surpluses, and travel across the terrain was difficult, the Greeks came to depend on the sea." So basically, they couldn´t grow a lot of things, and and it very hard to travel. Also, the climate there was not the best.

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The Greeks became sea traders because of the fact that their land was very mountainous. This made it hard to travel by land. This forces their choice to be sea traders. Another thing that almost forces them to sea trade, is the fact that the land wasn't very fertile. This means that if they don't, they might not have enough food.

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Because of all the mountains and not fertile land the ancient Greeks had to turn to the water. They started trading over water because no one could get past the mountains. They had to find a way to get supplies.

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How the Geography influenced greece to become sea traders. In the article it says "The Climate of Greece also presented a challenge for early farmers. Summers were hot and dry, and winter were wet and windy" The article also said "Because farming didn't produce a huge surpluses, and travel across the terrian was difficult, the Greeks came to depend on the sea." This made them become merchants.

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The geography of Greece caused them to be sea traders because they had limited resources due to the mountains. With the only fertile land to grow food in the northeast of Greece, a lot of Greeks herded sheep and goats. The harsh climate also made farming hard, so the Greeks turned to trading for food.The sea was much easier than traveling through the rough mountains. So Greeks became sea traders, and they then mastered the boats and ocean to make trade easier.

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The area had many mountains making it hard to travel on land. There was barely any fertile soil making it not easy to farm. Lastly, their location at the end of the Mediterranean Sea made it easy to travel by ship.

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Because of the harsh environment of Greece people had to become sailors. There were tall mountains and the soil was not good for crops. So the ancient Greek civilizations had to adapt so they became sailors and merchants. Also they became highly skilled at sailing. That is how the ancient Greeks adapted to their harsh climate.