Moreover, the evidence is insufficient to employ all but the most basic quantitative methods of modern economic analysis and has forced scholars to employ other more qualitative methods of investigation. Thus, despite over a century of investigation, scholars are still debating the nature of the ancient Greek economy. Throughout these periods of ancient Greek civilization, the level of technology was nothing like it is today and values developed that shaped the economy in unique ways. In the Archaic and Classical periods, Greece was not unified but was comprised of hundreds of small, independent poleis or “city-states.” During the Hellenistic period, Greek civilization spread into the Near East and large kingdoms became the norm. 2 During this time, Greek civilization was very different from our own in a variety of ways. in what are called the Archaic (776-480), Classical (480-323), and Hellenistic (323-30) periods. Ancient Greek civilization flourished from around 776 to 30 B.C.
Given the remoteness of ancient Greek civilization, the evidence is minimal and difficulties of interpretation abound.
The ancient Greek economy is somewhat of an enigma. Darel Tai Engen, California State University – San Marcos Introduction 1
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