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Pages in category "Ancient Greek merchants" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely by the region's dependence on imported goods. As a result of the poor quality of Greece 's soil , agricultural trade was of particular importance. The impact of limited crop production was somewhat offset by Greece's paramount location, as its position in the Mediterranean gave its provinces ...
As of 2020, Greece is the largest ship owner country in the world in terms of tonnage; with a total deadweight tonnage of 364 million tons and 4,901 Greek-owned vessels. [1] Greece is a maritime nation by tradition, as shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks and a key element of Greek economic activity since the ancient ...
Colaeus (Greek: Κωλαῖος) was an ancient Samian explorer and silver merchant, who according to Herodotus (Hdt. 4.152) arrived at Tartessos c. 640 BC.. In an era where most Greek traders were anonymous, Herodotus believed that Colaeus and Sostratus the Aeginetan were important enough to note.
Hippalus (Ancient Greek: Ἵππαλος) was a Greek navigator and merchant who probably lived in the 1st century BCE. He is sometimes conjectured to have been the captain of the Greek explorer Eudoxus of Cyzicus ' ship.
Sostratos of Aegina (Greek: Σώστρατος ὁ Αιγινήτης), son of Laodamus, is reported by Herodotus as a famous merchant in the sixth century BC Hellenic world [1] - indeed to have gained "the biggest profit any Greek trader we have reliable information about has ever made from his cargo".
Ancient Greek merchants (14 P) R. Ancient Roman merchants (7 P) Pages in category "Ancient merchants" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Kyrenia is a 4th-century BC ancient Greek merchant ship that sank c. 294 BC. Kyrenia ' s wreck was discovered by Greek-Cypriot diving instructor Andreas Cariolou in November 1965 during a storm. [1] [3] Having lost the exact position, Cariolou carried out more than 200 dives until he re-discovered the wreck in 1967 close to Kyrenia (Keryneia ...