In this episode, we discuss the various ways in which the ancient Greeks traveled, whether it was via land or sea; the physical layout of the port of Piraeus and the commercial activity that took place there; the mining district of Thorikos and how silver was mined for coinage and how coins were struck; farming techniques and how produce/goods was sold in the agora; the various types of manufacturing workshops at Athens and how they operated; and the disdain that the elites held for for the merchant and manufacturing classes
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/01/068-travel-trade-and-work.html
008 The "Dark Age" and Homer
007 Late Bronze Age Collapse
006 Mycenaean Greece
005 Minoan Crete
004 Early Bronze Age
003 The Stone Age
002 The Greek Genesis
001 Let There Be Greece!
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