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Greek Trading
Term | Definition |
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Etruscans | It was from these expert sailors and metalworkers that the Greeks adopted the use of the arch. People from the northern part of the Italian peninsula |
Assyrians | Warlike people, famed for their cruelty |
Phoenicians | Lived on the coast of modern-day Lebanon. From these people the Greeks acquired timber, glass, furniture and purple cloth.These people were the most successful traders and shipbuilders in the Med.sea. These people’s are most famous colony was called Tyre. |
Scythians | From these people the Greeks acquired wheat, salt, hides and slaves |
Egyptians | From these people the Greeks acquired goods like: papyrus, fine linen, perfumes, wine and grains |
Phoenicians pt 2 | The Greeks adopted their alphabet from these people |