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Covers key themes including Homeric epic traditions (Iliad and Odyssey), discoveries linked to Heinrich Schliemann, and the livelihoods of farmers, traders, and warriors. Explains how Greece’s physical geography shaped independent city-states and trade, and how colonization spread Greek culture across the Mediterranean. 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