Agriculture, fishing and trade. Slaves played an important role in Athenian agriculture, trades and commerce, and probably matched the numbers of free men in the workforce.
The Athenian economy came to be dependent on trade because a good portion of its terrain was mountainous and rocky, making it unsuitable for the growth of grain. In contrast, Sparta downplayed trade based on its fertile growing environment.
Tribute states.
Athens had a very limited farming land area with poor soil, so it had to trade with other areas to get the variety and quality of food and goods it needed. And trading expanded the economy and wealth of the city-state.
The growth of Athenian power was based on war.
an economy based on industry
The economy of Khashaat is based on herding.
northern economy was based on manufacturing
Iowa's economy is based on Agriculture.
Kenya's developing economy is based on agriculture and tourism.
The economy of French and Dutch colonist was based on an agricultural economy based on African slavery
Farming, fishing, mining, trading, enforcing payments from the city-states of its empire.
The north had an industrial based economy. The south had an agricultural based economy.