What are the three main crops that grow well in ancient Greece?

Answer 1

Since city-states were divided by mountains, people in ancient Greece found it difficult to trade food with people from other Greek city-states. Therefore, agriculture was very important in ancient Greece because the crops farmers grew and the animals they raised were what Greeks ate. The ancient Greeks ate many different kinds of foods. Since they lived near the Mediterranean Sea, they usually caught fish, squid, and octopus for their meals. The other kind of meat that they ate was the meat of small birds. In addition to these meats, ancient Greeks grew a lot of their own food. The crops that they grew and ate most were radishes, celery, beans, olives, and different kinds of fruit. They also grew wheat to make bread and cakes. Since sugar was not available in ancient Greece, they had to travel to the marketplace to buy honey if they wanted to make sweet cakes. All of the farmers in ancient Greece lived in the country. Their jobs were difficult because many people depended on them for food and the weather was often not the best for growing crops. It always rained too much in the winter and not enough in the summer. Since most of the soil was rocky and lacked nutrients, many crops wouldn't grow. Another problem the farmers faced was that they had to pay a large tax to the government. Click here to learn more about the farmer's year. There were three major crops that farmers in ancient Greece grew. If you had hilly land, you would grow grapes because grapevines grow on the side of hills. If you had poor or rocky soil, you would grow olives.

Most farmers didn't only grow crops, but also raised animals that they later killed for food. Donkeys, sheep, and goats were raised most often in ancient Greece. Farming in ancient Greece was difficult due to the limited amount of good soil and cropland. It is estimated that only twenty percent of the land was usable for growing crops. The main crops were barley, grapes, and olives. Grain crops, such as barley and wheat, were planted in October and harvested in April or May. Olives were harvested November through February. Grapes were normally picked in September. Barley was the main cereal crop for the ancient Greek farmers. They made the barley into porridge or ground it into flour to make bread. Olive oil was used for cooking oil or in oil lamps. Grapes were primarily used for wine production, although they could be eaten or dried into raisins. The Greeks watered down wine, mixing one part wine with two parts water. Drinking wine straight was considered barbaric. Most farms were small with four or five acres of land. Farmers grew enough food to support their families and, at times, they grew a small surplus to sell at the local market. There were some very large farms run by overseers while the owner lived in the city. One record showed a farmer making 30,000 drachmas in a year off his large farm. (An average worker made about two drachmas a day.) This was the exception because most farms were small to medium sized.

Answer 2

They grew deep-rooted plants, such as olives,grapes, wheat, and barley.

Answer 3

they are olives, grapes, barley, and wheat

the grapes grew on hilly land, the olives on rocky soil

Answer 4

The 2 main crops were olives and grapes

Answer 5

pottery olives and graps

Answer 6

wheat

Answer 7

What were the two largest crops ancient Greeks grew because they required very little space to grow?