The ancient Greeks were known for their shipping and sale of pottery around the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Many vases were purchased as grave gifts, and others for display in Etruscan (Italian) homes. The Etruscans traded lump iron, lead, and bronze in exchange for Greek pottery. Most of the trade moved by sea around the Mediterranean.
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map resources.
While many products such as marble, ivory, timber, metals,
textiles, and some crops were loaded directly onto sailing ships, other
products needed packing in containers for shipping. Products such as drinking
water, wine, oil and perfume, as well as some foods and spices were packaged
into pottery and vases for shipping. Greek vases were also traded solely
as valuable art objects.
What's a 4th grader to do?
Take a virtual tour! Click the link in the bibliography below to check out the University of Pennsylvania's museum, which features a great collection of Ancient Greek pottery.
Find the link to Images of Pottery.
Choose a piece to draw in KidPix.
Make some notes on your drawing:
Name of the pottery
Dates (if given)
Possible uses
Scenes
Materials
The Ancient Greek World
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
University of Pennsylvania's museum of ancient Greek
artifacts
University of Chicago: Isthmia
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/isthmia/maps/greece_isthmia.html
Ancient Greece Maps
http://www.webwinds.com/thalassa/ancgreecemap.htm
Ancient Greece
http://www.princeton.edu/~markwoon/Myth/myth-maps.html