New research shows how trade rooted in local resource differences and the conflicts it sparked, made ancient Greek ...

Built on a narrow isthmus—a natural choke point between north and south—the city controlled trade between northern Greece and ... even help reveal ancient trading routes, Andriopoulou adds.

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

For many years, the ancient Greeks and Romans were fooled ... This demand gave rise to some of the first truly international trade routes and shaped the structure of the world economy in a ...

Ancient Greece and Rome are well represented ... Through land and maritime trade routes, the luxurious scents reached distant sections of the known world — including Rome to the west and India ...