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The Industrial and Commercial Revolution 149
Sowing Greek trade. Ere long the commercial fleets of
as were threading their way along all the coasts of the
°rthern, western, and southeastern Mediterranean, bearing to
ant communities Greek metal work, woven goods, and pottery.
^9- The Isthmus of Corinth, the Link between the
Peloponnesus and Northern Greece
°n e,°^server stands on the hills south of ancient Corinth (out of range
of \s an<^ '00'cs northeastward along the isthmus, on both sides
of r sea *s viable. On the left (west) we see the tip of the Gulf
Th orinth (see map, p. 124), and on the right (east) the Saronic Gulf,
th e Commei'ce across this isthmu3 from the Orient to the West made
ea^^*u'f of Corinth an important center of traffic westward, and Corinth
th t> ^ecame a flourishing commercial city. Through this sole gateway of
1 . e'°ponnesus (see map, p. 124) passed back and forth for centuries the
lng men of Greece, and especially the armies of Sparta, some sixty
tjj 6.S distant (behind the observer). The faint white line in the middle of
j lsthmus is the modern canal—a cut from sea to sea, about four miles
°ng and nearly two hundred feet deep at the crest of the watershed
• 1
They brought back either raw materials and foodstuffs, such as
^in, fish, and amber, or finished products like the magnificent
Sowing Greek trade. Ere long the commercial fleets of
as were threading their way along all the coasts of the
°rthern, western, and southeastern Mediterranean, bearing to
ant communities Greek metal work, woven goods, and pottery.
^9- The Isthmus of Corinth, the Link between the
Peloponnesus and Northern Greece
°n e,°^server stands on the hills south of ancient Corinth (out of range
of \s an<^ '00'cs northeastward along the isthmus, on both sides
of r sea *s viable. On the left (west) we see the tip of the Gulf
Th orinth (see map, p. 124), and on the right (east) the Saronic Gulf,
th e Commei'ce across this isthmu3 from the Orient to the West made
ea^^*u'f of Corinth an important center of traffic westward, and Corinth
th t> ^ecame a flourishing commercial city. Through this sole gateway of
1 . e'°ponnesus (see map, p. 124) passed back and forth for centuries the
lng men of Greece, and especially the armies of Sparta, some sixty
tjj 6.S distant (behind the observer). The faint white line in the middle of
j lsthmus is the modern canal—a cut from sea to sea, about four miles
°ng and nearly two hundred feet deep at the crest of the watershed
• 1
They brought back either raw materials and foodstuffs, such as
^in, fish, and amber, or finished products like the magnificent