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From the economic side
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this was a period of great expansion of Athenian commerce, trade,
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very strong to the east through the Hellespont and to the Black Sea,
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but also in this period
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Athens trades very strongly with the West.
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I mean to say chiefly Sicily and Italy,
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and in fact up to that point,
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up to those years roughly speaking,
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Corinthian pottery, fine Corinthian pottery,
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is dominant in the western areas and this is no surprise.
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That's always been the case for Corinth.
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But by the end of the sixth century,