How Did Urbanization Affect The Greek Economy

The hard and unfarmable land that the Greeks settled on didn’t allow much grain to be farmed, so the Greeks decide to instead produce olives, grapes, and wine. These crops and luxuries would soon become demanded by Mesopotamia, and Egypt due to their exclusivity. The Greek economy and cities became bigger as trade increased and this led to a higher population count, the high density of people in cities led to further colonization of the Mediterranean coast and the Greek economy would also grow in result to more trade from these new poleis such as Athens and Thebans.