How did trade affect the realities and expressions of power in different civilizations? Did more trade always create stronger states?

What will be an ideal response?


A. Trade effects in the Mediterranean
1. Phoenician and Greek colonization and trade made the Mediterranean a highway of cultural exchange
2. these connections made the Mediterranean a potential forge of empires and fount of influence
3. power of city-states and building of large trading cities helped secure a mutually beneficial relationship of goods and cultural exchange rather than conquest and expansion
B. Trade created stronger states if they could maintain a role in the strong Mediterranean trade
1. helped support the development of the Greeks and Phonecians
2. sharing and exchange made all participants stronger

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