Commodities

Carthaginian Trade (- threads, 10 posts)
Every city wanted trade with other cities. Those which managed to be successful at it became the richest cities in the world. Ancient cities were much more independent than modern ones, but there were always other cities which could produce commodities cheaper or better. ...

Commodities

Historical Thread ₁ Featured June 17 , 2005

Anything which could be sold or traded: Grain, slaves, olive oil, ore, pigs.... The Phoenicians discovered the tin of Spain and Britain. This gave them a highly desireable monopoly.

Although Carthage produced many commodities, they didn't just deal in their own. Ships usually traveled around the Mediterranean in either of two circles, hugging the coast as the went - an eastern circle (Egypt,the Levant, the Hittites, Greece, Sicily and Carthage) and a western circle (Carthage, Sicily, Rome, Etruria, Gaul, Spain, and Africa). Whatever they had on the ship might be sold for even more profit at the next port: Sicilian grain, Spanish silver, etc.

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* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 6, 2004 - 22:40

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Things Harvested In Spain (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 9, 2004 - 14:53 )

Things Dug Out of the Ground In Spain (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 9, 2004 - 13:27 )

Things Sicily Dug Out of the Ground (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 8, 2004 - 04:12 )

Olive Oil - It's Not Just For Salads You Know (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 8, 2004 - 04:05 )

Other Sicilian Crops (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 8, 2004 - 03:59 )

Sicilian Grain (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 8, 2004 - 03:48 )

Silver and Lead (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 8, 2004 - 03:01 )

Carthaginian Fisheries (* Apiladey ApilSin, Oct 6, 2004 - 22:44 )

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