Classic Greek Civilization 800-323 B.C.E.: Social Class and Economy Research Article from World Eras

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Classic Greek Civilization 800-323 B.C.E.: Social Class and Economy Research Article from World Eras

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Farming. The basis of the Greek economy, and of the ancient world in general, from first to last remained agriculture. In the main it took the form of subsistence farming; market farming, even after the introduction of coins, was limited. The typical farmer's market was a place where farmers from a few miles around met to exchange produce with each other: in agriculture as in manufacture during this period there was no genuine mercantile element. Moreover, there was no exportation of agricultural produce. The vast majority of the colonies were self-sufficient agricultural settlements. The colonists for the most part worked their land themselves. Some relied on the labor of the neighboring non-Greek population, whom the settlers enslaved. Examples of such enslavement were the Killyrioi who were subjected by the settlers of Syracuse in Sicily, and the Mariandynians who became slaves...

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