and you wanted to farm, wouldn't there be significant problems with farming right next to the sea?
p.s. I hope this is in an appropriate section...
2006-09-26 14:14:29 · 3 answers · asked by fallingleaves 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Thank you! I'm trying to figure out why the Pheonicians traded instead of farmed. (for those of you who might be going "huh?" the Pheonicians were an ancient culture (right?) and they lived directly next to the Med Sea)
2006-09-26 14:26:27 · update #1
Farming wouldn't be a problem, look at the great cultures, Greece, Italy, all mediterranian. Thye can grow crops, just not IN the salt water. Think of Florida and its orange groves.
2006-09-26 14:22:30 · answer #1 · answered by Charles B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, there would be problems for usual crops (wheat, corn, etc)
just go to any of the countries around the Med Sea and see for yourself (no fertile plains, just very rough terrain)
but you have many different "items" (to call them that) that grow in that type of terrain (olives, figs, pomegranates, etc), and livestock (goats, sheep, etc), so the people adopted to their surroundings and lived happily ever after
2006-09-26 14:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by Franklin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel so sorry for thee, but I haven't an ayota of what the bloody thee is talking about. Art thou sad? Lo siento mucho.
:)
Seriously, I would like to help, but I don't know what you are talking about. SORRY!!!.
2006-09-26 16:32:31 · answer #3 · answered by lemon drops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋