Most of the islands are rocky and barren; cultivation is terraced on the smaller islands, while several of the larger ones (crete, Lesbos, Rhodes, and Chios) have an advantage of fertile plains.
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Most of the islands are rocky and barren; cultivation is terraced on the smaller islands, while several of the larger ones (Crete, Lesbos, Rhodes, and Chios) have an advantage of fertile plains.
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Fishing is very mportant to the economy of the Aegean since ancient times, as is wheat production, hiney, olives, wine, figs, marble and other minerals.
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Fishing is very mportant to the economy of the Aegean since ancient times, as is wheat production, honey, olives, wine, figs, marble and other minerals.