Primitive form of what

什么的原始形态
I'm not sure that that concept makes--

我不确定那个概念
No, the answer is no, because nobody was compelled to do anything.

不因为没有人被强迫做任何事
You konw, the British practicing mercantilism

例如英国以颁布《航海法》
passed navigation acts,

来体现重商主义
saying what ships could carry what and so on

他们认为船能带来各种各样的财富
--nothing like that in the Greek world.

但在希腊不是这样
Everybody--all of this is voluntary

所有人所有事情
on both sides of every agreement.

都是以双方自愿为协议的
Okay, now where are these colonies?

好了那么那些殖民地在哪里呢
Let me give you a little run down.

让我给你们一些提示
Before we get to that, I should say that the Greeks have already,

在我们深究此前我得先说