were not civilized or were not highly civilized.

文明还未开化或者说没有高度文明
They did not have great urban cultures and civilizations,

他们没有城市文化和文明
long traditions of learning and so on.

没有长期学习的风俗
No, they weren't like that,

不他们不是文明的
the Greeks were ahead of them

希腊人比他们先进
and it's evident that they borrowed stuff from

也有证据表明
the Greeks in every element of life,

他们从希腊人那里学习了生活中的各种东西
although it didn't shape their lives in a potent,

虽然这些并未从根本上
fundamental way.

有力地改变他们的生活
But that's the way influence ran in that part of the world.

但这正影响了这一区域运行的方式
Of course, another tremendously important consequence of colonization

当然殖民的另一个重大结果是
was the growth of commerce, of trade

贸易和商业活动的增长